Nan Chiau Primary

[amk]

Can't agree more..But, sometimes, need direction(a push) from the top oso.

VJA:

not a school that matters but the teachers. Same as tuition centre.

[tweety17]

amk:

But, I read at GEP thread that Chong Fu got 19 kids(12 boys + 7 girls) going GEP. :salute:

Nan Chiau got to buck up...

amk:

Hahaa..... only a little better. 11.3%(34/300).
No lah. I don't have any grievance. But, I must admit a bit unhappy cuz emailed FT, no reply. Wrote a note, no acknowledge or what so ever.
FT from my colleague's DS school(popular school in Punggol) initiated email to communicate with the parents and regularly update them...

If the FT did not reply, it is a teacher problem, not school problem.  I think all schools, top or not top, has good n not so good teachers.  It is not a NC problem.  
To me, GEP test is just a selection to pick out students suitable to take the program and it is based on result that the students took on the 2 days.  And if GEP is a suitable gauge to measure school standard, PSLE is also an equally suitable gauge - based on a test taken on certain specific days.  
What I am trying to say is - if it is a specific teacher problem, tackle the problem n bring up to higher authorities. Leave the school standard / performance out of the equation.

[amk]

Btw, any one know why NC never updated 2011 Achievement in their webbie. :?

Going to be end of 2012.

[amk]

tweety17:

If the FT did not reply, it is a teacher problem, not school problem.  I think all schools, top or not top, has good n not so good teachers.  It is not a NC problem.  
To me, GEP test is just a selection to pick out students suitable to take the program and it is based on result that the students took on the 2 days.  And if GEP is a suitable gauge to measure school standard, PSLE is also an equally suitable gauge - based on a test taken on certain specific days.  
What I am trying to say is - if it is a specific teacher problem, tackle the problem n bring up to higher authorities. Leave the school standard / performance out of the equation.

Some practices need to be instilled in the culture, like any other organization.

[tweety17]

amk:

Btw, any one know why NC never updated 2011 Achievement in their webbie. :?

Going to be end of 2012.

what achievement are you referring to? if it is PSLE result, concerned parents who attended the principal talk would have known the result. If it is non-academic result, maybe you can try to call the school to find out.

[tweety17]

amk:

Some practices need to be instilled in the culture, like any other organization.

All organization has its own culture.
Individual’s expectation and perception is subjective.
Sometimes when certain things happen, it could be a one-off issue. And one-off issue does not represent the organization culture.
And if there are many similar issues, the next question is : is the issue feedback to higher management via proper channel. If no constructive feedback is given via proper channel, then do not expect change to happen.

[amk]

There have been a few cases already, based on posts above, by different parents.

These days, all info should be at finger tips for everyone to see/school to show off.

[tweety17]

amk:

There have been a few cases already, based on posts above, by different parents.

These days, all info should be at finger tips for everyone to see/school to show off.

i have not really read all posts but a few cases out of 300 - what is the percentage? and also for those few cases, are the feedback given to the school via proper channel?

for publishing of info, do you mean publishing of results? if it is, there are different ways of looking at it. For example, when our children have good results, should we publish for everyone to see or do we just celebrate within the family? There are differing views. Some may think \"I am so proud of my children's result, hence, I want to publish it and share it with everybody.\" Some may think \"That's great achievement, let's publish and share with everyone in the family.\" Some may not even publish anything at all. Well, in my opinion, there is no right or wrong in the different ways of thinking. But for sure, i don't think the aim of publishing is to \"show off\" (er....by the way, i don't know what is there to show off), i think it is more like sharing the joy with those who want to know.

[timtim]

amk:

Btw, any one know why NC never updated 2011 Achievement in their webbie. :?

Going to be end of 2012.

I have feedback this to NC's VP and the reply I got is MOE discouraged schools to publish the PSLE results to stop comparison, since MOE advocates \"all schools are good schools\". Still, I see many schools publish it....

[tweety17]

timtim:

amk:

Btw, any one know why NC never updated 2011 Achievement in their webbie. :?

Going to be end of 2012.

I have feedback this to NC's VP and the reply I got is MOE discouraged schools to publish the PSLE results to stop comparison, since MOE advocates \"all schools are good schools\". Still, I see many schools publish it....

thanks timtim for the clarification