Real reason behind Singapore’s obsession with tuition

[limlim]

BeContented:

You see my example as ONE school, I see it as possibly the 'silent half'.
Of the many many who complain about difficult papers, what schools are those kids in? Top 30%?

If there is no GEP....only S paper.....you sure nobody will bother to have tuition for those? If school maths syllabus is sufficient, why all the training programmes for MO, UNSW etc etc?
It's the competitive streak/strive for the best/full potential.......mentality. No escape.

No.. I meant MOE standardizing the standard/papers across the board.. your \"silent half\" will disappear naturally.

Tt's not whether I'm sure or not.. at the A level, it is already a fact that NOT everyone scramble to take it when it is already offered as an option.. unless.. the situation for A level now is so much different from what I experienced in the past?

No sensible student (and probably parents) would want to spend extra time on S papers when it may cost them valuable time that could have been spend at core subjects giving a better shot at the university admission. And S paper is not factored in admission criteria.

competitive strive.. yes.. But What causes it? And is it beneficial?

Previously.. Singapore is well known to \"strive for excellence\".. that, is very good.

But now..? everywhere we see is \"strive for profits\".... and this is the product of \"strive for good grades\" education........ assuming most of the products of the local education system enters the local workforce..

if elitism is not beneficial.. isn't it better to do away with it?

try to minimize the competitive environment all together..

[limlim]

Imami:

When I first heard the \"teach less, learn more\", I was thinking simi lai eh? How can that happen? But I thought to myself,\"ai ya u duno lah... New technology\" but after reading this much, hey - I am not alone leh

teach less at national schools..

learn more at private schools..

[janet88]

limlim:

Imami:

When I first heard the \"teach less, learn more\", I was thinking simi lai eh? How can that happen? But I thought to myself,\"ai ya u duno lah... New technology\" but after reading this much, hey - I am not alone leh

teach less at national schools..

learn more at private schools..

:goodpost:

[wonderm]

When MOE reviews our public education system, besides reading KSP and other media/online forums, hope they also take a look at this:


\"Changing Education Paradigms\" by Sir Ken Robinson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

Brilliant!

[janet88]

pinky:

teach less - in schools

learn more - from tuition :faint:

Schools teach less...no need to pay school fees mah, pay misc fees.
Tuition costs more. So, schools teach less, make parents pay tuition for kids to learn more and then this is conversion value...win-win for schools.

[Chenonceau]

wonderm:

When MOE reviews our public education system, besides reading KSP and other media/online forums, hope they also take a look at this:


\"Changing Education Paradigms\" by Sir Ken Robinson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

Brilliant!

I love this too. Man, I love this. To do this, they'll need to move away from standardized testing. No more PSLE?

[Imami]

limlim:

Imami:

When I first heard the \"teach less, learn more\", I was thinking simi lai eh? How can that happen? But I thought to myself,\"ai ya u duno lah... New technology\" but after reading this much, hey - I am not alone leh

teach less at national schools..

learn more at private schools..

:rotflmao: yup, sounds right to make sense out of \"teach less, learn more\"

[limlim]

If school teach lesser and lesser.. but testing more and more..


this is what could happen..

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the elites gets more advantage.. and the poor became more deprived (of the teachings in public school)..

and the income gaps widens...

[optimistforum]

limlim, that same is true here in England.

[Jennifer]

limlim:

Imami:

When I first heard the \"teach less, learn more\", I was thinking simi lai eh? How can that happen? But I thought to myself,\"ai ya u duno lah... New technology\" but after reading this much, hey - I am not alone leh

teach less at national schools..

learn more at private schools..

We are taking away the innate drive for knowledge via self-study, self exploration?

I think it is dangerous to think we can only learn in some institutions, be it govt or private.