2009 GEP Screening And Selection

[keroppi]

Puffer:

How many % of these GEP students top the PSLE annually?

That's because the curriculum is completely different, as far as I can see it. For mainstream, the drilling for PSLE starts as early as P5 ... whereas for GEP, they only start in the 2nd term of P6. Scoring tops for PSLE is not the goal for GEP, as long as the kids get reasonable scores, most will move into IP schools.

[vlim]

keroppi:

Puffer:

How many % of these GEP students top the PSLE annually?

That's because the curriculum is completely different, as far as I can see it. For mainstream, the drilling for PSLE starts as early as P5 ... whereas for GEP, they only start in the 2nd term of P6. Scoring tops for PSLE is not the goal for GEP, as long as the kids get reasonable scores, most will move into IP schools.

I agree. During the 21/2 year of gep, other then learning the subjects more in depth, they are required to do projects which take up quite a fair bit of their time. As what mentioned by the gep department of moe 'scoring all a's/top result for psle is not the goal of gep'. Anyway they can /may get into their dream sec school through dsa.

[traineeks]

Fairy:

Sorry, HC was never on par with RI. The current HCI is a different story. In the old days, HC was just another secondary school with a strong Chinese culture whereas RI (secondary) has all along been a top boys' school.

HCJC used to be a top JC during my time, not RJC. It was more difficult to get a place at NJC & TJC than RJC then. With the merger of HC & HCJC, the status of HC has been elevated due to the good name of HCJC. NYGH has always been one of the top schools, but still ''lose\" to RGS.

As for the current RI (JC), I believe its status has been elevated by the calibre of the students from RI (sec) & RGS.

By HC, are you refering to Chinese High (which merged with HCJC later)

I recall many years ago, there were some years when Chinese High was better than RI in the 'O levels' performance ranking and they were consistenly among the top 4.

check this link to past info from MOE:

http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/1995/pr01895.htm#TABLE1

[watmekiasu]

vlim:

In addition, getting into gep is not the most important in our pri sch education system. The gifted education program is planned to cater to those kids who are gifted and able to take up teaching with fast phase and learning more difficult things. Most important is the psle as there after with good psle results, they can choose good sec school with integrated program. :celebrate:

Agreed. That's why I try to temper dd's expectations. I am quite realistic of the odds of dd getting a place in the finals.

[elizszu.06231hotmail.06231com]

DS said today's Maths paper was easy & GA paper quite challenging; any feedback from your children?

[KSP]

If my child has a choice, I would suggest this.

1st choice: RGS/RI
2nd choice: HCI
3rd choice: NUSH

vlim:

Fairy:

HCJC used to be a top JC during my time, not RJC. It was more difficult to get a place at NJC & TJC than RJC then. With the merger of HC & HCJC, the status of HC has been elevated due to the good name of HCJC. NYGH has always been one of the top schools, but still ''lose\" to RGS.

As for the current RI (JC), I believe its status has been elevated by the calibre of the students from RI (sec) & RGS..

:?: oops very confusing now ... so which is better .. ri or hci... shall we start a voting system now haaaaaaaa :nunchuk:

[karmeleon]

KSP:

If my child has a choice, I would suggest this.

1st choice: RGS/RI
2nd choice: HCI
3rd choice: NUSH
..

If your child is able to have RGS in the list of options, then HCI cannot be 2nd choice already.

[vlim]

karmeleon:

KSP:

If my child has a choice, I would suggest this.

1st choice: RGS/RI
2nd choice: HCI
3rd choice: NUSH
..

If your child is able to have RGS in the list of options, then HCI cannot be 2nd choice already.

ya u are right then it should be nygh right? :lol:

[rains]

My kid again said the tests are difficult. And she used the word ‘super duper’ again.


Usually I get worried when she says a test is easy or difficult. My experience with children tells me that I should worry when they tell me that it’s easy. With my own kid, the same applies. But she has quite an accurate gauge of her ability to do the papers. When she says it’s difficult, she doesn’t do well. She even said that she probably failed the test.

She was so nervous she shook her tooth, which according to her was a molar. And the tooth dropped out, causing ‘lots of blood’ to be on the table.

The teacher threw away her tooth.

I was just glad that she could get through the first round. I didn’t have high hopes for the second round. The only reason I had hoped that she could get into the gep was so that she could get into her dream school and doesn’t need me to pay the $300 monthly school fees.

[turquoise]

rains:

My kid again said the tests are difficult. And she used the word 'super duper' again.


Usually I get worried when she says a test is easy or difficult. My experience with children tells me that I should worry when they tell me that it's easy. With my own kid, the same applies. But she has quite an accurate gauge of her ability to do the papers. When she says it's difficult, she doesn't do well. She even said that she probably failed the test.

She was so nervous she shook her tooth, which according to her was a molar. And the tooth dropped out, causing 'lots of blood' to be on the table.

The teacher threw away her tooth.

I was just glad that she could get through the first round. I didn't have high hopes for the second round. The only reason I had hoped that she could get into the gep was so that she could get into her dream school and doesn't need me to pay the $300 monthly school fees.

Sounds like quite an exciting day for your dd with her tooth falling out in the middle of the GEP test. Take heart. Getting into GEP doesn't guarantee her a place in her dream secondary school. And anyway, she can always get in via her PSLE results and still be entitled to the EESIS scholarship. Good luck!