MP echoes calls for PSLE to be scrapped

[corneyAmber]

vlim:

ksi:

Problem now is ONE size cannot fit all leh....and so much pain projected.

But going private doesn't solve the problem for all .. It only solve problem for the rich ..

or may not be rich but people who are willing to pay for an alternative since they do not like PSLE?

[vlim]

ksi:

vlim:

[quote=\"ksi\"]Problem now is ONE size cannot fit all leh....and so much pain projected.

But going private doesn't solve the problem for all .. It only solve problem for the rich ..

or may not be rich but people who are willing to pay for an alternative since they do not like PSLE?[/quote]Very luan.. :faint:

[janet88]

A parent mentioned earlier that even if there is no PSLE, there is going to be O levels, A levels too…if kids are spared PSLE, they will not know the urgency of exams, or perhaps what an exam signifies when they eventually need to take one. This scrapping of PSLE is a topic which should not have started bcos the idea will not work.

I am only asking if stakes for PSLE can be lowered. Then, perhaps kids will not be overly stressed. Yes, the children today are more intelligent than us…but this doesn’t mean they should be stretched to the max.

[corneyAmber]

vlim:

ksi:

[quote=\"vlim\"]
But going private doesn't solve the problem for all .. It only solve problem for the rich ..

or may not be rich but people who are willing to pay for an alternative since they do not like PSLE?

Very luan.. :faint:[/quote]Ya lor...

[BeContented]

Interesting.

B4 this, we see lotsa complains about the cons of having PSLE, people wishing there's no PSLE.
Now we seem to see more on the the cons without PSLE.

[mamago]

vlim:

Lilac66:

[quote=\"ksi\"]

Those who want to get out of the system will go international school, it is an option for secondary school. Only primary has no option so now I am beginning to understand that the govt might be considering to allow able and sophisticated parents to send their kids to private schools from primary level.

Really?How ,when? You mean all the changes are in the guise of wanting to let parents have the option of international schools in pri level?

Lidat .. Parents who cannot afford to let their kids go private pri and sec schools will be bery bery stressss .... I definitely no agree ..[/quote]
Huh? Why? Singapore has world class edu system...

When DS and his class went to London for Science integration exchange program at P4, they were merged with the Sec 3's pupils there, whose Sci standard are only equivalent to Spore's P4....

[mamago]

vlim:

verykiasumummy:

but then again... with parents setting their own standards and this and that... the pressure will still be increased, cos only the very ks ones will join and being very ks, they will strive to be even better than the current model and dead, there goes to mainstream..

Oh I agree .. other countries like Australia .. Good schools are private schools and their fees are high too if I am not wrong ... I definitely don't agree following their footstep else all good schools eventually will be private school and gov schools are the lousy one .... Object !!!!! :mad:

SECOND!! :hi5:

[phankao]

mamago:

vlim:

[quote=\"verykiasumummy\"]but then again... with parents setting their own standards and this and that... the pressure will still be increased, cos only the very ks ones will join and being very ks, they will strive to be even better than the current model and dead, there goes to mainstream..

Oh I agree .. other countries like Australia .. Good schools are private schools and their fees are high too if I am not wrong ... I definitely don't agree following their footstep else all good schools eventually will be private school and gov schools are the lousy one .... Object !!!!! :mad:

SECOND!! :hi5:[/quote]Malaysia already that way?

[mamago]

ksi:

Problem now is ONE size cannot fit all leh....and so much pain projected.

Ya lor.... people complain complain complain... 身在福中不知福

[Chenonceau]

ksi:

Ah, tanks verykiasumummy tanks....you make me go and read the article in detail again....

Actually they are still in a discussion mode only... think the important statement from the chairman of that group has been missed:

Mountbatten MP Lim Biow Chuan, who chairs the GPC for Education, reiterated the PSLE's purpose as a placement exam. \"No matter how you see it, you cannot run away from the fact that students have differing abilities,\" said Mr Lim.

The above will likely continue to apply to the free/subsidised education category of kids, the majority.

There are 2 important messages in that article to cater for the minority:
1. MOE to loosen the control on education and provide some parents(who want) with more alternatives and that is, let parents control the education process on their own for their kids. This is to address basically the vocal and sophisticated group who can chart out their own education journey for their kids and perhaps due to the growing homeschool group. I don't belong to this group cos I am only vocal but not sophisticated parent.

2. Idea of private schools is now being tossed. So the government is saying, you can now pay as much as you want for private education, no need to enjoy the free one anymore... Go private one then perhaps PSLE is not compulsory and in secondary school...due to private primary...will naturally flow to private secondary aka international schools perhaps or new private schools setup. In other words, the government wants to empower the sophisticated and able parents to be your own MOE. Good right? I kee qiu!!

I like this. This creates real competition for MOE. The numbers that opt out of MOE is an indication of the extent to which MOE falls short. Do this and the numbers will be more accurate. Already, Singaporeans cross over the causeway to attend international schools there because the kids just CANNOT cope in our system that requires so much parent input. Others opt for homeschool because the level of parent support required is so high for mainstream kids that it is almost homeschool anyway.

The amount some spend at TLL... and other tuition... can pay private school fees already. It's already there... just acknowledge it... When teaching quality in mainstream improves, more parents will choose it.

I used to go to private clinics till I realised that under Khaw Boon Wan... public healthcare was really good... and now, I go polyclinic.