All About SAP Schools

[MR06]

sagacious.sg:

SAP schools, whether Pri or Sec level, have only Chinese students. It can be a good or not so good thing. SAP schs also offer Higher Chinese as a compulsory subject. Hence, more emphasis on Chinese and Chinese culture.

Wrong.

There are other races, these students are a minority but they are taking HCL.

You would be surprise their proficiency level in the language is way ahead of many Chinese kids....

[fightingmom]

sagacious.sg:

SAP schools, whether Pri or Sec level, have only Chinese students. It can be a good or not so good thing. SAP schs also offer Higher Chinese as a compulsory subject. Hence, more emphasis on Chinese and Chinese culture.

Eh... I have to dispute that cos my dd is from a SAP school and 2 of her classmates - one Korean and one Eurasian , both taking HCL with average score of 85% for P5 and recently Prelims.

[sagacious.04440sg]

Oh I didn’t know that. That certainly wasn’t the case during my time in a SAP sch. Perhaps the immigration policy back then was not so open. Then it’s a good thing to have some plurality in class. By the way, is there a difference btwn the HCL in a SAP sch compared to HCL in a neighbourhood sch?

[alng]

My ds is in a SAP school. Other than taking HCL from P1 onwards, his social studies and health education are in Chinese too. Their Chinese Dept is bigger than the English Dept.

[dorisp]

alng:

My ds is in a SAP school. Other than taking HCL from P1 onwards, his social studies and health education are in Chinese too. Their Chinese Dept is bigger than the English Dept.

Oh you mean if non SAP school the social studies and health education will be taught in Englsh?

Interesting. Is there an Englsh option?

[alng]

dorisp:

Oh you mean if non SAP school the social studies and health education will be taught in Englsh?


Interesting. Is there an Englsh option?

My dd is in a non-SAP school. I am very certain that her social studies is taught in English cos she has to do some SS projects in English this year. But I cannot remember if her health ed is taught in English or Chinese. I only recall that her recent sexual ed was in English this year.

[dorisp]

Thanks.


I see. During my time, all subjects were taught in English except Chinese in first language. So much has changed.....veli blur now.... :?

[verykiasu2010]

sagacious.sg:

SAP schools, whether Pri or Sec level, have only Chinese students. It can be a good or not so good thing. SAP schs also offer Higher Chinese as a compulsory subject. Hence, more emphasis on Chinese and Chinese culture.

got other races lah.....they take CL / HCL too...eg Jim Roger's girls, some of the Japanese, Americans and Koreans are doing CL....just like anyone else

why are we so stereo type on language and ethnic group :?

[SunBrazen]

No, Higher Chinese is not compulsory in SAP Schools. I’m from Maris Stella High, and there are only 2 classes of HCL students. Plus, 98% of the cohort are Chinese, with some Indians.

[mummy so kiasu]

dorisp:

Thanks Janet but how about Pt no. 2, can a child going to non SAP school opt/teacher recommand for HCL during P4?


TIA.

For non SAP schools, the school will recommend the child to take HCL if his/her overall results is good, including a band 1 in Chinese. Normally HCL is offer to the top few classes. The points gained from HCL can only be used for SAP Sec Schools. The child needs to get reasonable good T score (230 & above) to be qualified.