Would Minister Heng read the thread on North Vista Pri ?

[verykiasu2010]

Chenonceau:

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At present, you choose such and such school that you believe is such and such... then the Principal changes... and everything changes. NYPS has a strong board and can thus ensure some continuity through the years. So can ACS. In many other schools, it becomes the luck of the draw. If you have a weak Principal... a good school can become mediocre in 1 or 2 years.
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this I agree 100%. seen it with my own eyes (for both the good and the bad)

[HVR]

verykiasu2010:

Chenonceau:

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At present, you choose such and such school that you believe is such and such... then the Principal changes... and everything changes. NYPS has a strong board and can thus ensure some continuity through the years. So can ACS. In many other schools, it becomes the luck of the draw. If you have a weak Principal... a good school can become mediocre in 1 or 2 years.
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this I agree 100%. seen it with my own eyes (for both the good and the bad)

Sometimes we forget it is the quality of the students that make the different. If all good quality students all go to a few schools, how can these few schools fail in term of delivery of results? Well heel parents are known to move mountain and earth so that their children can enter the desired schools. Their children are provided with ideal environment (by both parents and schools) to excel academically and how can these branded schools ever fail? The cycle goes on and it just perpetuate the notion that these schools are really good.

On the other hand, the off springs of normal folks keep ended up at various neighbourhood schools and they can't compete with the branded schools because all quality students already ended up at the branded schools. To make matter worse, the really quality one at the neighbourhood schools will make it through GEP and they also ended up at the branded schools.

To me, it is the quality of the students that make the school.

[Chenonceau]

HVR:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]
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At present, you choose such and such school that you believe is such and such... then the Principal changes... and everything changes. NYPS has a strong board and can thus ensure some continuity through the years. So can ACS. In many other schools, it becomes the luck of the draw. If you have a weak Principal... a good school can become mediocre in 1 or 2 years.
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this I agree 100%. seen it with my own eyes (for both the good and the bad)

Sometimes we forget it is the quality of the students that make the different. If all good quality students all go to a few schools, how can these few schools fail in term of delivery of results? Well heel parents are known to move mountain and earth so that their children can enter the desired schools. Their children are provided with ideal environment (by both parents and schools) to excel academically and how can these branded schools ever fail? The cycle goes on and it just perpetuate the notion that these schools are really good.

On the other hand, the off springs of normal folks keep ended up at various neighbourhood schools and they can't compete with the branded schools because all quality students already ended up at the branded schools. To make matter worse, the really quality one at the neighbourhood schools will make it through GEP and they also ended up at the branded schools.

To me, it is the quality of the students that make the school.[/quote]In secondary school... yes. The students get in by COP. That RI/RJC produces the largest number of top A level scorers is to be expected.

In primary schools, the cohort does not differ when two schools are in the same neighbourhood and drawing from the same HDB population... and yet one is known to be good, and the other is to be avoided... and we aren't just looking at school KPIs and awards. We are looking at the overall experience recounted by Aunties as they walk home from the market.

[Nebbermind]

Chenonceau:

In secondary school... yes. The students get in by COP. That RI/RJC produces the largest number of top A level scorers is to be expected.


In primary schools, the cohort does not differ when two schools are in the same neighbourhood and drawing from the same HDB population... and yet one is known to be good, and the other is to be avoided... and we aren't just looking at school KPIs and awards. We are looking at the overall experience recounted by Aunties as they walk home from the market.

aiyah! we are back at the other thread liao!! :siam:

[Chenonceau]

Nebbermind:

aiyah! we are back at the other thread liao!! :siam:

:?

[verykiasu2010]

Chenonceau:

Nebbermind:

aiyah! we are back at the other thread liao!! :siam:

:?

Does Minister Heng also walk back from the market with the aunties ?

[Chenonceau]

verykiasu2010:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"Nebbermind\"]

aiyah! we are back at the other thread liao!! :siam:

:?

Does Minister Heng also walk back from the market with the aunties ?[/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Pen88n]

verykiasu2010:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"Nebbermind\"]

aiyah! we are back at the other thread liao!! :siam:

:?

Does Minister Heng also walk back from the market with the aunties ?[/quote]Minister Heng probably sit in his ivory tower whilst his maid walked back from the market with the aunties......or maybe his maid went with her friends and told not to mix with the aunties too :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[limlim]

Chenonceau:

MOE is therefore at hotel industry level then?

Noooooo....

How can MOE be industry level? It is at most hotel chain level..

Why

Because all schools is under the direct command & control of MOE!

School are not independent body operating at their own whim and fancy like different hotel chains in the hotel industry..

[dorisp]

verykiasu2010:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"Nebbermind\"]

aiyah! we are back at the other thread liao!! :siam:

:?

Does Minister Heng also walk back from the market with the aunties ?[/quote]Oh is it? I shall look out and see left see right see in front and behind next time I walk back from the market.