P6 boy went missing before the PSLE oral

[Flowermonaster]

Imami:

Essential:

Is PSLE a must for the age of 12 or should MOE consider , Let the children proceed to sec one with prelim result!

There would not any diff to use prelim instead. How much diff is there to change from one paper to another? Besides, how are schools going to come together to set the prelim paper? Or do you mean the prelim papers are different for every school? If so, how can one's performance be fairly gauged?

Yeah agree. I think parents should manage their own expectation & don't over stress their kids.

[Essential]

Hi Imami, I mean instead of taking OSLE and Prelim , maybe can just take PSLE . Cause the current system is now children are preparing for Prelim and at the same time taking PSLE oral … Struggling with both . It will be good if MOE can just set a fair paper for all p6 and based on the result from this paper .

[Be a mom]

Just over the Oral on 1st day, my girl oral was MT. Got 1 male examiner, he is like freestyle swimming position led on table, look like half dead when he doing the oral…

Can the PSLE examiner have such behavior??? And did not show respect of the candidates…is totally affect the child’s… what can i do??

[its888me]

Yes, agreed that there are too many exams. My child’s school has 2 mock exams on top of the prelim and PSLE. Also, prelim schedule is in-between the PSLE oral. So, wondering which exams the children should focus in. Not wonder my child was blurred asking me which exams they have completed !?

[Imami]

Essential:

Hi Imami, I mean instead of taking OSLE and Prelim , maybe can just take PSLE . Cause the current system is now children are preparing for Prelim and at the same time taking PSLE oral .... Struggling with both . It will be good if MOE can just set a fair paper for all p6 and based on the result from this paper .

Ah, understand. But then there would still be folks who stress over that very one paper/set of papers. I personally think what needs to be managed / changed is the mentality of the parents/teachers/ whoever who is stressing the kids. The children should also be learning how to cope with stress/how to release stress.

During my growing up years, I didn't give a damn about prelims - be it psle or o levels. The prelims are just Mock exams for me, so there was no stress. I just go and have a feel - can finish in three hours or not? Can do without calculator or not?

[Ichigokun]

Essential:

Is PSLE a must for the age of 12 or should MOE consider , Let the children proceed to sec one with prelim result!

Cannot one lah... Like that very unfair leh. Maybe his school prelim paper super easy compared to the PSLE scripts?

[Flowermonaster]

Ichigokun:

Essential:

Is PSLE a must for the age of 12 or should MOE consider , Let the children proceed to sec one with prelim result!

Cannot one lah... Like that very unfair leh. Maybe his school prelim paper super easy compared to the PSLE scripts?

Then may be parents will send their kids to those schools that have super easy preliminary papers? No?

[Imami]

Flowermonaster:

Ichigokun:

[quote=\"Essential\"]Is PSLE a must for the age of 12 or should MOE consider , Let the children proceed to sec one with prelim result!

Cannot one lah... Like that very unfair leh. Maybe his school prelim paper super easy compared to the PSLE scripts?

Then may be parents will send their kids to those schools that have super easy preliminary papers? No? [/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Essential]

I pity the new generation children … Some parents comment that academic not so important … But on the other hand tuition one after another . All are stressed by parents , study … Study and no time for fun

[Pen88n]

I heard from fren St Andrew Junior very pressurizing during the P6 year. They made students stayed back for supplementary classes 4-5 days a week, and sometimes up till 7pm. Upon going home, kids still have to do homework to hand in. I personally think that towards the PSLE, the school and parents should look into the stress experienced by these P6 kids and cut down on the workload (instead of cramming last minute). Quality, not quantity, counts.