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    2009 GEP Screening And Selection

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Primary Schools - Academic Support
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      vlim
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      watmekiasu:
      rains:


      Actually I prefer not receiving any form of notification in this case. It's already obvious enough if my kid comes home and says her classmates got a big yellow envelope, rather than she gives me a letter that says 'We regret to inform you ...'.

      Parents,
      What's GAT?

      GAT - General Ability Test

      Not all kids will inform their parents when they have been unsuccessful. Rather than watching out for other kids walking out of school with big yellow envelopes, I would rather get a letter on the same day. Of course, MOE could sweeten the bad news with something like -

      \"............... in appreciation for the efforts by the students, we would like to offer you a 5yr free membership to The Science Centre.\"

      😉

      ha ha ........ then those managed to get into gep will get free 3 yrs psychiatrist consultation haaaaaaaaa... just joking :lol:

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        JHFMum
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        As far as I know, nyps doesn’t train students for GEP. I feel that it’s more of the demographics that the children come from and the standard of the papers churned out by the schools. If the children have been exposed to a certain standard most of the time, there will naturally be more students qualifying for at least the first round. I don’t think any school would cheat to place their students in the GEP programme.[/quote]

        These schs know better that if the wrong kids got selected, they are the ones who will suffer with the wrongly placed kids.

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          corneyAmber
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          JHFMum:
          [quote]
          As far as I know, nyps doesn't train students for GEP. I feel that it's more of the demographics that the children come from and the standard of the papers churned out by the schools. If the children have been exposed to a certain standard most of the time, there will naturally be more students qualifying for at least the first round. I don't think any school would cheat to place their students in the GEP programme.
          These schs know better that if the wrong kids got selected, they are the ones who will suffer with the wrongly placed kids.[/quote]Yeah, there may be some effort to get their own school kids but I don't think it is a concerted effort. I believe it is the type of parents they have attracted to put their already smart children in the school since P1.

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            vlim
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            I wonder is it true that most gepers' mum are not working. My brother's friend's wife quited her job so as to coach her ge boy. :?

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              kiasimom
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              vlim:
              I wonder is it true that most gepers' mum are not working. My brother's friend's wife quited her job so as to coach her ge boy. :?

              I have a friend whose daughter was in GEP and she still continue working. Her daughter is very committed and responsible towards her assignments.

              I think the basic criteria for GEPers is they must be motivated in their learning.

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                MdmKS
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                vlim:
                I wonder is it true that most gepers' mum are not working. My brother's friend's wife quited her job so as to coach her ge boy. :?

                Vlim, you mean after they got into GEP the mother quit job or quit to coach the child to get into GEP?

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                  vlim
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                  MdmKS:
                  vlim:

                  I wonder is it true that most gepers' mum are not working. My brother's friend's wife quited her job so as to coach her ge boy. :?


                  Vlim, you mean after they got into GEP the mother quit job or quit to coach the child to get into GEP?


                  oh I mean the mother quit job after kid got into GEP 😄

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                    MdmKS
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                    kiasimom:
                    vlim:

                    I wonder is it true that most gepers' mum are not working. My brother's friend's wife quited her job so as to coach her ge boy. :?


                    I have a friend whose daughter was in GEP and she still continue working. Her daughter is very committed and responsible towards her assignments.

                    I think the basic criteria for GEPers is they must be motivated in their learning.

                    Boys are usually more playful. I heard and see most GEP boys having SAHM in my school. You can see them, in T-shirt and with lunch box waiting for their GEP boys at the school. They usually crowd among themselve. They are also being labelled, \"GEP-mother\", too. I also know a GEP boy whose parents (both) do not seem to be working and both send him and wait for him at school any time and stay with him even during his CCA training, or any competition.

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                      vlim
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                      MdmKS:
                      kiasimom:

                      [quote=\"vlim\"]I wonder is it true that most gepers' mum are not working. My brother's friend's wife quited her job so as to coach her ge boy. :?


                      I have a friend whose daughter was in GEP and she still continue working. Her daughter is very committed and responsible towards her assignments.

                      I think the basic criteria for GEPers is they must be motivated in their learning.

                      Boys are usually more playful. I heard and see most GEP boys having SAHM in my school. You can see them, in T-shirt and with lunch box waiting for their GEP boys at the school. They usually crowd among themselve. They are also being labelled, \"GEP-mother\", too. I also know a GEP boy whose parents (both) do not seem to be working and both send him and wait for him at school any time and stay with him even during his CCA training, or any competition.[/quote]well probably that is their only kid... I think what u are saying happen in mostly gep schools which the parents are more 'rich'. 😉

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                        john.09525316
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                        MdmKS:
                        kiasimom:

                        [quote=\"vlim\"]I wonder is it true that most gepers' mum are not working. My brother's friend's wife quited her job so as to coach her ge boy. :?


                        I have a friend whose daughter was in GEP and she still continue working. Her daughter is very committed and responsible towards her assignments.

                        I think the basic criteria for GEPers is they must be motivated in their learning.

                        Boys are usually more playful. I heard and see most GEP boys having SAHM in my school. You can see them, in T-shirt and with lunch box waiting for their GEP boys at the school. They usually crowd among themselve. They are also being labelled, \"GEP-mother\", too. I also know a GEP boy whose parents (both) do not seem to be working and both send him and wait for him at school any time and stay with him even during his CCA training, or any competition.[/quote]
                        Hi MdmKS,

                        My friend told me a parents (both) seem not working at all, they have a boy in GEP and a daugher in P2, whenever their children in CCA or supplymentary classes, both parents appear in the sch, I do not know it is the same parents we are referring to, to confirm this is both their kids study in Nan Hua Pri Sch? TIA

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