Hindi exams conducted in different schools every semester.
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vividlaurel:
You people nowadays even read the letters in any other language except English? Since everyone knows English, it's really a moot point, right?
concern2:
Ever considered learning Tamil instead? All letters from government agencies include only the 4 main languages - English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Would help to learn Tamil instead - no?
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vividlaurel:
Not quite gotten your point yet.Hindi is the national language of India. Just like Mandarin is the national language of China and there are various dialects spoken, but Singapore has chosen Mandarin to be taught to students here. The earliest immigrants to Singapore were mostly from Tamil Nadu and hence Tamil is one of the four official languages here. Earlier, non-tamil students who didn't want to take tamil as their MT used to take Malay. Now, however, you have people coming to Singapore from different parts of India and hence this move by MOE to include more languages. I also know of Indian students who take Mandarin and excel in it in school.
Like pupilview mentioned, Tamil is a regional language of a southern state called Tamil Nadu. Not everyone in Tamil Nadu can speak or even converse in Hindi and in fact in the sixties they had this huge anti-hindi agitation going on where people who spoke the language in public were harmed.
Learning a new language is only an asset. I come from a tamil speaking background, but since I never learned tamil as a child, I chose for my children to learn Hindi, which I am more comfortable with. If my children want to learn Tamil, they can do so at home. Also at school, since my children's school does not offer the language, they are learning Mandarin during curriculum time instead of just reading a book and wasting their time.
Hope this clarifies things!
Singapore uses Mandarin to unify the Chinese in Singapore, hence Mandarin becomes the key spoken and written language. However, within the Chinese community, dialects are still being used. The case for Indian language is somewhat different. Please help me understand - Is there an Indian language that unifies all indians? All along, I would have thought it is Tamil since this is Singapore and not India we are talking about.
You are right, learning more languages only has their advantages. Chinese families struggle to keep up their own dialects too, and many struggle to keep up even in Mother tongues. There is a high emphasis in English in school - it is the language for learning different fields and subjects, and it has been thus since Chinese schools were phased out decades ago. And to top it off, the kind of Math questions set in Singapore demands a good grasp of the English language, or fail - not because your kid isn't smart enough, but because he doesn't understand the question.
Knowing a Chinese dialect is different. They are not even endorsed by MOE. So now, you can hardly find anywhere that will teach a Chinese dialect, worse, to write it. So, I'd still say you are so blessed that you still have your dialects, that MOE endorses your dialect, and you can still sit for your tests and have your dialect appear on your certificate.
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concern2:
English unifies all Indians. Next language is Hindi which is spoken by a majority.It is the 2nd language in most of the Indian states.All languages in India have their own distinct scripts.
Not quite gotten your point yet.vividlaurel:
Hindi is the national language of India. Just like Mandarin is the national language of China and there are various dialects spoken, but Singapore has chosen Mandarin to be taught to students here. The earliest immigrants to Singapore were mostly from Tamil Nadu and hence Tamil is one of the four official languages here. Earlier, non-tamil students who didn't want to take tamil as their MT used to take Malay. Now, however, you have people coming to Singapore from different parts of India and hence this move by MOE to include more languages. I also know of Indian students who take Mandarin and excel in it in school.
Like pupilview mentioned, Tamil is a regional language of a southern state called Tamil Nadu. Not everyone in Tamil Nadu can speak or even converse in Hindi and in fact in the sixties they had this huge anti-hindi agitation going on where people who spoke the language in public were harmed.
Learning a new language is only an asset. I come from a tamil speaking background, but since I never learned tamil as a child, I chose for my children to learn Hindi, which I am more comfortable with. If my children want to learn Tamil, they can do so at home. Also at school, since my children's school does not offer the language, they are learning Mandarin during curriculum time instead of just reading a book and wasting their time.
Hope this clarifies things!
Singapore uses Mandarin to unify the Chinese in Singapore, hence Mandarin becomes the key spoken and written language. However, within the Chinese community, dialects are still being used. The case for Indian language is somewhat different. Please help me understand - Is there an Indian language that unifies all indians? All along, I would have thought it is Tamil since this is Singapore and not India we are talking about.
You are right, learning more languages only has their advantages. Chinese families struggle to keep up their own dialects too, and many struggle to keep up even in Mother tongues. There is a high emphasis in English in school - it is the language for learning different fields and subjects, and it has been thus since Chinese schools were phased out decades ago. And to top it off, the kind of Math questions set in Singapore demands a good grasp of the English language, or fail - not because your kid isn't smart enough, but because he doesn't understand the question.
Knowing a Chinese dialect is different. They are not even endorsed by MOE. So now, you can hardly find anywhere that will teach a Chinese dialect, worse, to write it. So, I'd still say you are so blessed that you still have your dialects, that MOE endorses your dialect, and you can still sit for your tests and have your dialect appear on your certificate.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
What we are saying here is that in Singapore known for its efficiency, MOE can definitely organise the Hindi exams in a much better way. if they want to centralize the exams and supervise or increase standards, so be it. But the exam centres can be fixed -right?? -
This is so true pupilview! English is a unifying language in India, but because there are still scores of people who are illiterate or who do not have the benefit of an English school education, there is still a need for regional and national languages there.
But since this topic about the Hindi exams here, I remember last year giving them a suggestion that they could hold exams in one centre in the north, south, east and west of Singapore as this will to a small extent minimise travel for students, but looks like they still want to stick to one centre in the middle of Singapore. Not just students, but parents also suffer with this...Hope things change soon!pupilview:
English unifies all Indians. Next language is Hindi which is spoken by a majority.It is the 2nd language in most of the Indian states.All languages in India have their own distinct scripts.
What we are saying here is that in Singapore known for its efficiency, MOE can definitely organise the Hindi exams in a much better way. if they want to centralize the exams and supervise or increase standards, so be it. But the exam centres can be fixed -right?? -
but why students have to go to diff centres to give exam on Saturday?
my sugg. is - Hindi teachers can go to diff. diff. schools in normal school time and can conduct exam for studetns. That will be better for students as well as parents. -
That would be a logistical nightmare! Given the number of schools in Singapore, will DAV/Hindi Society have enough teachers to do this? If they do it on different days then what about the very high chance of parents/students giving the papers to those whose exams are not yet over. This will probably never happen! The best we can hope for is for the exams to be held in a place not very far from the student's home!
Sango:
but why students have to go to diff centres to give exam on Saturday?
my sugg. is - Hindi teachers can go to diff. diff. schools in normal school time and can conduct exam for studetns. That will be better for students as well as parents. -
Why can't MOE centralize the place of the Hindi exams instead of making parents/kids run to different schools to give Hindi exams every semester if they insist that only Hindi mother-tongue should be conducted as a board exam?
Why can't the evaluation of actual paper be shown to the children,their teachers and the parents ...like other subjects to make it clear and meaningful feedback session , they just show booklet B of paper 2 which is only 40 /200 .
The biggest disadvantage the children take two paper on the same day unlike other national mother tongue exam normally before their school exam and are aware about the scores which they find is not fair known before the rest of the subject SA1/SA2 affecting their overall morale and dislike for a enriching language percieved as shackles...
Please email your suggestions to [email protected] / [email protected] or like on Facebook Hindifoundation....time to affect a change for the betterment of all ...of course being responsible and supportive to the existing shortcomings -
Does anyone have a clear understanding of the syllabus that is to be taught at every level as in the Grammar rules,vocabulary and what actually is tested and basis for judging Composition as the expectation is of a literary piece and not Primary level language skills …
I really am worried as this really affects the overall results and pulls my child behind the others just because of this discrepancy . -
I agree can we highlight collectively to MOE and SEAB for looking into the matter…and providing transparent evaluation assessment and feedback to parents and not just 40% of the performance .
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To get MOE and SEAB to listen to us we will need a lot of parents to write in. I think this will be a long process and by the time anything actually gets done, our children will be out of the system
Hindiwarrior:
I agree can we highlight collectively to MOE and SEAB for looking into the matter..and providing transparent evaluation assessment and feedback to parents and not just 40% of the performance .
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