PSLE score: higher chinese and normal chinese ?

[karmeleon]

wiimum:

While I think the first and the third answers are true, I believe the line in bold is not true. Students who are at the top 10 % of the cohort at PSLE and do well in CL are given a letter to qualify them to opt for HCL irregardless of whether they have taken HCL.

Because of the falsehood in that sentence, you have put in \"BOLD\" above, the rest that follows what aTutor writes is all wrong already.

You do NOT need to have take HMT to be eligible to do HMT in Sec School. Gee.... you don't need HMT to be eligible to apply for a SAP school secondary either!

Generally all students who fall into the top 10% of their PSLE cohort will receive the sealed letter when they receive their PSLE results that offers them the chance to apply for HMT / 3rd Language.

Taking HMT in primary school is only for your child's \"enrichment\". You can only use the bonus points from HMT if going to SAP school - but well, since all SAP schools are chinese, we should be talking about HCL here.

Hope that clarifies!

[likoko]

atutor2001:

Thank you for the correction, forgotten about that - but must be A* for Chinese is it?


So must last statement is also wrong. It should be that a kid who did not take HCL at PSLE must aim for A* if he/she wish to avoid taking Chinese at JC.

Thanks for the info!

[likoko]

karmeleon:

Because of the falsehood in that sentence, you have put in \"BOLD\" above, the rest that follows what aTutor writes is all wrong already.


You do NOT need to have take HMT to be eligible to do HMT in Sec School. Gee.... you don't need HMT to be eligible to apply for a SAP school secondary either!

Generally all students who fall into the top 10% of their PSLE cohort will receive the sealed letter when they receive their PSLE results that offers them the chance to apply for HMT / 3rd Language.

Taking HMT in primary school is only for your child's \"enrichment\". You can only use the bonus points from HMT if going to SAP school - but well, since all SAP schools are chinese, we should be talking about HCL here.

Hope that clarifies!

:thankyou:

[karmeleon]

atutor2001:

Hi jitancat


Thanks for the correction. So it is Top 10% with A.

Regards

That's right. Like \" jitancat\", my son also did not take HCL and did not get A*. Only got A for CL. But received the letter to do HMT for Sec.

So for those who get A, must be within Top 10% of cohort.

[atutor2001]

My sincerest apology for making a mess of the requirements to do HCL at Sec.


Nevertheless, the important fact that I was trying to put across is that taking HCL at Sec and passing it will save the agony of having to do Chinese at JC.

Thanks for all the clarifications.

[mwchua]

Dear all,


Thanks for all your kind replies.

Actually the rationale of me asking this question is not to avoid letting dd take chinese at JC. I personally take Chinese at \"A\" level at HCJC, so to me Chinese is important.

However, it is reassuring to know that for PSLE score calculation purpose the methodology is standard regardless of whether one is taking Chinese or HCL though.

Appreciate again on your kind sharing

Rgds,
Ming

[tutormum]

I'm in a dilemma. I discouraged DS3 from taking HCL when he was in P5 and was happy that he gave up in P6. Now, he is eligible to do HCL in secondary school. He managed to get that A through great efforts by his Chinese teacher and lots of pushing from me. He spent more than 80% of his time doing Chinese every day. :roll: Can anybody pls enlighten me what is the syllabus like for HCL in secondary school and how tough it is? :stupid:

[KSP]

karmeleon:

You can only use the bonus points from HMT if going to SAP school - but well, since all SAP schools are chinese, we should be talking about HCL here.

May I know how many bonus points for HCL if going to SAP school? What are the grades for HCL (merit or distinction and etc.... like pass/fail?)? Is the bonus point added to the T-score directly? If going to non-SAP (like RGS), will the bonus points apply?

[karmeleon]

tutormum:

I'm in a dilemma. I discouraged DS3 from taking HCL when he was in P5 and was happy that he gave up in P6. Now, he is eligible to do HCL in secondary school. He managed to get that A through great efforts by his Chinese teacher and lots of pushing from me. He spent more than 80% of his time doing Chinese every day. :roll: Can anybody pls enlighten me what is the syllabus like for HCL in secondary school and how tough it is? :stupid:

My son similar to yours. Spent a disapproportionate amt of time on CL. For such a child, I will only feel comfortable with him taking HCL if he's in an IP programme. At least then when he does HCL O-levels, he only needs to concentrate on that 1 subject for o-levels instead of a whole range of 8 or 9 subjects at 1 time.

[mathsparks]

KSP:

May I know how many bonus points for HCL if going to SAP school? What are the grades for HCL (merit or distinction and etc.... like pass/fail?)? Is the bonus point added to the T-score directly? If going to non-SAP (like RGS), will the bonus points apply?

Add to T-score:
+1 if pass
+2 if merit
+3 if distinction.

Non-sap cannot use bonus points.