Opinions on Gifted Education Programme (GEP)

[WeiHan]

Sometimes, I wonder are people jealous that they always want to scrap GEP?


All countries that do well have some kind of GEP programme. Israel, USA, China, South Korea etc…they call it a different name.

Maybe, we can suggest to USA to scrap all the Ivy league universities, MIT, Caltech etc…so that the society becomes more equal?

[Zhuge]

WeiHan:

Sometimes, I wonder are people jealous that they always want to scrap GEP?


All countries that do well have some kind of GEP programme. Israel, USA, China, South Korea etc....they call it a different name.

Maybe, we can suggest to USA to scrap all the Ivy league universities, MIT, Caltech etc...so that the society becomes more equal?

USA also have? Ivy league unis are not GEP u know.
i think there is nothing to be jealous about, but streaming at an early age is bad according to many
i am neutral on this

[WeiHan]

Zhuge:

WeiHan:

Sometimes, I wonder are people jealous that they always want to scrap GEP?


All countries that do well have some kind of GEP programme. Israel, USA, China, South Korea etc....they call it a different name.

Maybe, we can suggest to USA to scrap all the Ivy league universities, MIT, Caltech etc...so that the society becomes more equal?

USA also have? Ivy league unis are not GEP u know.
i think there is nothing to be jealous about, but streaming at an early age is bad according to many
i am neutral on this

USA don't call it gifted education programme, theirs isn't official but they certainly have private schools that taught similarly with our gifted education programme.

It depends on the principles that we believe in. In this case, they are against streaming which gifted education is part of it. Do they believe in resources equally shared among all students and thus everybody receive similar education? Then some students will suffer because they can't catch up with the rest in the class while some will feel that the content taught in the class is too easy.

If gifted education programme is so bad, then no parents will enroll their kids in it and it will die off naturally. MOE can't force their kids into the programme if they don't want to. It breeds elitism, they accuse. that is why I mention Ivy leagues, it is elitism also abeit at an older age.

[mother3]

What is there to be jealous! GEP is very great meh ? If you

Want your kid go GEP … Go la …
Not necessary GEPpers got the best results in psle , A level …
Who gain most ? The child ? The parents ? The tuition/ enrichment centre .
At age of 10…, not plAying but assignments and tests …
No wonder more and more children are seeking medical attention in
IMH …
I believed that even MOE strap gEP … It will some form of
Streaming … And what you call elite …
Btw I know of many parents and myself do not wish to enrol my
My son to enrol into gep though qualified … To give them a healthy less stressful
Learning environment . And btw it is the parents who help / do the child projects and assignments .

[naggo-nitemare]

mother3:

What is there to be jealous! GEP is very great meh ? If you

Want your kid go GEP ... Go la ....
Not necessary GEPpers got the best results in psle , A level ....
Who gain most ? The child ? The parents ? The tuition/ enrichment centre .
At age of 10..,, not plAying but assignments and tests .....
No wonder more and more children are seeking medical attention in
IMH ....
I believed that even MOE strap gEP ... It will some form of
Streaming .... And what you call elite ....
Btw I know of many parents and myself do not wish to enrol my
My son to enrol into gep though qualified ... To give them a healthy less stressful
Learning environment . And btw it is the parents who help / do the child projects and assignments .

My DS was from the gep. Before he joined the program, he was not contented in sch because he felt unstimulated. When he decided to join the gep, being top in psle n getting the best 'a' level results wasn't on his priority list at all. Being happy was. He never regretted his decision.

So do note that many gep kids do not aim to be top in psle, do not visit the IMH, do not like to be called elites and do not have kiasuparents doing their work. They simply want to pursue their interests in greater depth and at a faster pace with their peers. And thankfully, there are people in MOE who understand this simple fact. And I hope more people do too.

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[WeiHan]

So in fact GEP is a better education which we should aim to give to more kids or even all kids and not scrap it.

[Interested]

:goodpost: naggo-mare,

Exactly! Not to go in GEP to compete in PSLE!

[jtoh]

naggo-nitemare:

mother3:

What is there to be jealous! GEP is very great meh ? If you

Want your kid go GEP ... Go la ....
Not necessary GEPpers got the best results in psle , A level ....
Who gain most ? The child ? The parents ? The tuition/ enrichment centre .
At age of 10..,, not plAying but assignments and tests .....
No wonder more and more children are seeking medical attention in
IMH ....
I believed that even MOE strap gEP ... It will some form of
Streaming .... And what you call elite ....
Btw I know of many parents and myself do not wish to enrol my
My son to enrol into gep though qualified ... To give them a healthy less stressful
Learning environment . And btw it is the parents who help / do the child projects and assignments .

My DS was from the gep. Before he joined the program, he was not contented in sch because he felt unstimulated. When he decided to join the gep, being top in psle n getting the best 'a' level results wasn't on his priority list at all. Being happy was. He never regretted his decision.

So do note that many gep kids do not aim to be top in psle, do not visit the IMH, do not like to be called elites and do not have kiasuparents doing their work. They simply want to pursue their interests in greater depth and at a faster pace with their peers. And thankfully, there are people in MOE who understand this simple fact. And I hope more people do too.

Well said, Naggo.