MOE to scrap Banding for Secondary Schools

[corneyAmber]

Daddy

Next time Education Minister will say cannot surf KSP forum?

KSP simply provides a convenient platform for parents to get a consolidated view of all the previous years COP of all schools, otherwise the previous year COP is found on the secondary school's website. Btw, this effort of consolidation was started by a parent and the trend continued every year.

[corneyAmber]

looking4Tutor:

ksi:

Then stop asking MOE to do any more policy changes to make life less stressful for the children if parents' mindset is not going to change in tandem. This is a very good example of stress not coming from MOE but from parents. It takes 2 to clap, if MOE has done its part, we gotta do ours.


MOE is doing this to make schools de-focus on inter-school competition but build their own unique niche so this will benefit the children in terms of academic pressure. The idea now is to choose schools based on the merits of its curriculum niche that it can offer or match to your child, not on its band ranking when stack against other schools. Can this be understood? New policies can come in but if old brains or behaviour stay on, nothing is gonna work. Then the complain cycle starts again...never ending story... :slapshead:

My prediction is that it will not work as the fact that which schools are the top is well established.
Unless, he removes COP for secondary school selection. All secondary schools should have a fair distribution of strong and weak PSLE students.
Or a more drastic move, ask the so called top secondary schools to take in the weakest PSLE students and turn them into stellar cum holistic O level students.

Removing branding is just like removing stars (6 stars, 5 stars) from hotel rating.

Yes I think the established schools are mainly the IP schools. IP schools have more stringent criteria to enter and also not everyone likes IP. Eliminating the IP schools, I think the rest of the schools focusing on their niches can possibly work once parents are clear that they do not want the IP stress.

[Chenonceau]

My thoughts here - http://petunialee.blogspot.sg/2012/09/thank-you-moe.html

[jtoh]

SAHM_TAN:

Daddy

When u start on other niche areas... E.g. Competitive sports or performance groups... You still only cater to a niche group of students... And parents will again seek external enrichments to give their kids a headstart...

A vicious cycle again?
:?

I think this is already happening. I know of students in competitive sports who have 2 coaches, the school coach and their pte coach who will train them in addition to their training in school. So far have not heard abt students who are in aesthetic areas, do they have multiple teachers or not.

Yes there is. Dance for eg. They take dance in school and privately as well.

[jtoh]

ksi:

Daddy

Next time Education Minister will say cannot surf KSP forum?

KSP simply provides a convenient platform for parents to get a consolidated view of all the previous years COP of all schools, otherwise the previous year COP is found on the secondary school's website. Btw, this effort of consolidation was started by a parent and the trend continued every year.

Yes, bec the info from our ksp parents is faster than from official sources.

[Mawar]

Chen, I sayang and salute you. I am a unsophisticated parent whose vision is limited to what’s in the box. Your alternative views, written in simple words, opens my eyes!


Thanks for sharing.

[Chenonceau]

Mawar:

Chen, I sayang and salute you. I am a unsophisticated parent whose vision is limited to what's in the box. Your alternative views, written in simple words, opens my eyes!


Thanks for sharing.

Phew! Thank you! I thought somebody was gonna humtum me again!!

[vlim]

Chenonceau:

Mawar:

Chen, I sayang and salute you. I am a unsophisticated parent whose vision is limited to what's in the box. Your alternative views, written in simple words, opens my eyes!


Thanks for sharing.

Phew! Thank you! I thought somebody was gonna humtum me again!!

No la Chen ... We will Sayang you after we humtum you .... :rotflmao: :siam:

[Chenonceau]

vlim:

No la Chen ... We will Sayang you after we humtum you .... :rotflmao: :siam:

As long as got sayang I dun mind... otherwise, it's same thing I have been feeling my whole life. I THINK strange... and people don't always take kindly to that.

[Daddy D]

Chenonceau:

vlim:

No la Chen ... We will Sayang you after we humtum you .... :rotflmao: :siam:

As long as got sayang I dun mind... otherwise, it's same thing I have been feeling my whole life. I THINK strange... and people don't always take kindly to that.

U think 2 much lah... :siam: