With 5 more new IP schs next yr, how will COP of IP schs be?
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I, too, feel that the top 4 IP schools like RI, RGS, NYGH and HCI will not be much affected. They have their diehard fans.
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The COPS of all the present and new IP schools may just go upwards, due to these reasons:
1. dragon year - bigger cohort
2. recent years’ immigrants children - add to bigger cohort
3. more parents being aware of IP and wanting to send their children to IP
So this year will be a tougher year for all PSLE students! -
Maybe that’s why they’re launching most of the new IP schools next year, to cater to the Dragon babies.
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I think MOE need to be more transparent. They should put in the Schools Selection booklet the following:
1. No of places in each school
2. No of IP places in each school
3. No of places given to DSA
4. No of places reserved for affiliated primary school students
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Zhuge:
Why is this information important?I think MOE need to be more transparent. They should put in the Schools Selection booklet the following:
1. No of places in each school
2. No of IP places in each school
3. No of places given to DSA
4. No of places reserved for affiliated primary school students
etc -
IP or O levels? Choice hinges on learning style: Sim Ann
Published on ST Apr 10, 2012
By Leonard Lim
STUDENTS - and their parents - need to figure out which learning style suits them best, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Sim Ann said.
'Is it one that is more self-directed or independent? Or would it be one that is more structured?'
And making the right choice will go a 'long way' towards determining their success in either the more independent Integrated Programme (IP) or the more structured O-level track, she said.
Ms Sim made the point in her reply to Mr Liang Eng Hwa (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) who had asked if there were plans to expand the IP.
There has been recent debate on whether the IP, aimed at the top 10 per cent of students, has expanded too quickly, turning from a niche scheme to almost a default one.
Both the O levels and IP are 'equally valid', Ms Sim said.
But, she added: 'What's important is for students as well as their parents to recognise which style of learning suits the individual student best.'
The IP started in 2004 in eight schools, but anxious parents keen for their children not to lose out to others have been clamouring for more IP spots. More schools responded by offering the IP.
The number of such schools has now risen to 13 and next year, 18 schools will offer the IP. In this 'through train' scheme, students skip the O levels and take the A levels or International Baccalaureate after six years of study.
Still, Ms Sim noted, 'most of our students are on the O-level track. So the O-level track retains great relevance'.
Replying to Mr Zainal Sapari (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC), she said about 3,400 students have been admitted into the IP annually since 2004. About one-fifth entered at Secondary 3.
For the cohorts of 2004 to 2006, about an average of 6 per cent withdrew before reaching the second year of junior college. Of these students, more than half continued in the same school on the O-level track, or in another school or institution.
The rest withdrew primarily because they were relocating overseas.
Of the 94 per cent who completed the IP and sat for the A levels or its equivalent, almost all qualified for publicly funded universities in Singapore. -
jtoh:
Think this has to be asked to the no of times these questions have been asked in this forum. If not impt, why are there so many people asking again and again?
Why is this information important?Zhuge:
I think MOE need to be more transparent. They should put in the Schools Selection booklet the following:
1. No of places in each school
2. No of IP places in each school
3. No of places given to DSA
4. No of places reserved for affiliated primary school students
etc
MOE assumed that every parent is educated and has access to internet and will bring their children to open houses? Some will just rely on the booklet information only. -
I think this is the first time that MOE revealed this piece of information, despite being asked in Parliament a few times already:-
"For the cohorts of 2004 to 2006, about an average of 6 per cent withdrew before reaching the second year of junior college. Of these students, more than half continued in the same school on the O-level track, or in another school or institution." -
Zhuge:
Oh no, pls don't raise the COP. As it is, this year will see intense competition for dragon year kids (my son is one).The COPS of all the present and new IP schools may just go upwards, due to these reasons:
1. dragon year - bigger cohort
2. recent years' immigrants children - add to bigger cohort
3. more parents being aware of IP and wanting to send their children to IP
So this year will be a tougher year for all PSLE students!
I am aware of IP but prefer my son to take the O level route. -
janet_lee88:
The school donch raise the COP....COP is the T-score of the student who took the last seat/vacany in the school.Oh no, pls don't raise the COP. As it is, this year will see intense competition for dragon year kids (my son is one).
I am aware of IP but prefer my son to take the O level route.
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