Is PSLE really needed in Singapore?
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If PSLE is removed, admission to secondary schools should be removed as well. The child should be allowed to continue in the same primary school.I hope the admissions to good secondary schools are not decided by ‘special’ talent in the future. If this happens, rich parents will start intensive cca coaching for their kids.
Intensive coaching to pre-school kids makes them learn topics beyond their age. When they go to school, they are bored so the teacher gives them more challenging tasks. What happens to the child who has not been introduced to the topics as yet? He will lag behind. My second child is now in lower primary. No homework is given and there are no formal exams but the same topics are covered as for my elder dd who had CAs and SAs from primary 1. If no homework is given and books are not given home till the end of the term, how will parents help the child? Most resort to tuitions or making weekly trips to Popular. I hope that we go back to learn basics in primary school. Maths should not be about mastering techniques and heuristics and having an excellent command over English to decipher the problem sums. -
If children have to continue in the same primary school, it will likely increase the pressure on the parents to ensure that the children are admitted into specific schools.
PSLE is also necessary to sieve out children who may not be academically inclinded so that they may be given an opportunity at something else. -
Coolkidsrock2:
Better put pressure on the parents than the children. :rotflmao:If children have to continue in the same primary school, it will likely increase the pressure on the parents to ensure that the children are admitted into specific schools.
PSLE is also necessary to sieve out children who may not be academically inclinded so that they may be given an opportunity at something else. -
Mawar:
Better put pressure on the parents than the children. :rotflmao:Coolkidsrock2:
If children have to continue in the same primary school, it will likely increase the pressure on the parents to ensure that the children are admitted into specific schools.
PSLE is also necessary to sieve out children who may not be academically inclinded so that they may be given an opportunity at something else.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Ngiahahahahaha! So evil!! -
wilburlim:
why this england so chim? :? gong-see-meee?As the PSLE is hitherto enforced in pursuance to the ministry's law, there can be no gainsaying that a person who is free to be so freewheeling as to repudiate its usefulness shall chance upon a dismal future.
These PSLE scores may seem pointless for people when seen in the shallow perspective, but candidly, they affect each and everyone who are 12 years old in Singapore. Despite constantly querying the ministry for the feasibility of the stakes in PSLE, the ministry collectively has no qualms whatsoever due to the captivating rewards of globalisation.
Moreover, the fact that we are not willing to supplant our knowledge-based economy with primary and secondary industries accentuates the need for greater education yardsticks. -
beanbear:
Agree!!!! Letting all kids do the killer PSLE is not healthy. I believe every child has a talent. Some are just not in the academic field. Some need time to groom, some need help to discover. Letting them sit for such an exam at such a young age, if they fail or don't do well, it leaves a scar behind. Some get out of it and do well later in life, some don't.
I wish there was a choice given to our children. Those who aspire for IP or Top 20 ranked schools - by all means go fight it out with a super duper difficult PSLE. Let the rest of the \"commoners\" take a more \"normal\" PSLE. If we can have differentiated programmes like IP, SAP, IB, etc, then why can't we have differentiated PSLE for different groups. Why subject the WHOLE cohort to a very high standard of testing if MANY of these have NO aspiration to go IP, SAP, IB etc.
The T-score system is also one which I personally am not in favour. A system like the 'O' and 'A' levels would be much better. Base on their grades, they go to the respective school.
In my opinion, not all schools are the same. I know there are some teachers who are not even motivated to teach when they are sent to a less well-known school. Very few teach out of passion. Most teach b'cos it is a job. -
kamom:
Those teachers in more popular schools may not guarantee they will teach well either...in fact, the more popular the schools are, chances are the more students have tuition. So some come into classroom to blah until the bell rings.
Agree!!!! Letting all kids do the killer PSLE is not healthy. I believe every child has a talent. Some are just not in the academic field. Some need time to groom, some need help to discover. Letting them sit for such an exam at such a young age, if they fail or don't do well, it leaves a scar behind. Some get out of it and do well later in life, some don't.beanbear:
Why subject the WHOLE cohort to a very high standard of testing if MANY of these have NO aspiration to go IP, SAP, IB etc.
In my opinion, not all schools are the same. I know there are some teachers who are not even motivated to teach when they are sent to a less well-known school. Very few teach out of passion. Most teach b'cos it is a job.
PSLE may need to be reviewed. But teachers need to attend courses to update themselves. Some think they are very experienced and talk down to parents as though they are big shots. Can our teachers teach what is tested for PSLE? Look at every component in the script, can our teachers teach our students how to handle each and every section? -
i think psle is okay is important to know how our kids undesrtand the what they have been taught from P1 to P6 … however as a parent I dont force my daughter to have high score coz it may stressing the kids. i dont expect my daughter to go for top 20 sec sch as well…as for my understanding going to top 20 sec sch may only take all her time just study study study and normally at that school competition is very high. however at neighborhood sch…she still can develop her skills- her talent…not just study study study for scoring at sch
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lets be clear - even the so-called neighbourhood schools require an average of 80+ to get in. (My sincerest apologies) But i just found out that a secondary school in CCK requires a minimum of 244 to get in to its Express stream !
I do agree that it is us as parents and what is it we are expecting from our kids. just heard on radio this morning that (long ago) as shared by a listener, he got 216 and got a present but his cousin got 267 and got caning ! (for not topping the school).
Like it or not, PSLE is a necessary evil. Its for us and our kids to know where they stand in their cohort at this age. They can do better and parents should take PSLE, ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels as milestones check to gauge how our kids had progressed / developed and what else is required. once they are out in the workforce, its their own efforts that counts.
But we as parents owe our kids to help them grow up. Help them understand that the world outside is that much bigger.
While we cannot overemphasize the impact of PSLE, the truth is our kids need to know that there are others who are much much much more brilliant than them. our kid may be 1st in class but not in School. 1st in School but not in Singapore. 1st in Singapore but not in the world. this is believe is important.
sure, many of us are worried that our kids would give up knowing no matter how hard they try, they cannot be the best. do you want them to know now (now when you can help them) or later when they come out to work ?
being a parent is difficult. we need to first bond with our kids so that they can trust us and then we have to both wield the stick and carrot to encourage them to grow and do their best. I believe our kids need to always do their best because the ability to "geng" would come naturally !!
so let us as parents help our kids grow, let us push them to do their best but let us not forget we need to be their safety net - for as long as we can and for the little time we have on this earth. -
being the best (to all) must be very difficult…maybe just try to be our best in the eyes of our loved ones…
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