MOE to stop publishing names of top students?

[SAHM_TAN]

I also didn’t ask if they were from RGS, RI, Hwa Chong, RJC.

[Twinkies]

SAHM_TAN:

I also didn't ask if they were from RGS, RI, Hwa Chong, RJC.

This is a good one! :hi5:

[jtoh]

sinoboy:

jtoh:

[quote=\"sinoboy\"]

Their overall numbers might be small in proportion to the whole cohort but i'm curious what is their composition in top schools like Hwa Chong, NYGS, RI, RGS, GEP programs or successful DSAs either by academic or Chinese instruments. If the proportion in top/IP schools are high then are there enough places for locals to join the top JCs like HCI or RI? Judging from the COP of 3 points from 6 subjects I think not easy.

What in your opinion constitutes a high proportion?

30 to 40% maybe?[/quote]30-40% of a cohort in NYGH for instance would be about 120-160 students? I seriously doubt that there are that many foreign (China) students in one cohort.

[SAHM_TAN]

Sensitive? I more like fed-up.


Singaporeans are the ones not giving ourselves a chance.

For example, a singer need to make it big overseas before we give due notice.

The linkage is there, it’s not off-topic.

[sinoboy]

SAHM_TAN:

I also didn't ask if they were from RGS, RI, Hwa Chong, RJC.

You forgot Nanyang Girls High?

[SAHM_TAN]

sinoboy:

SAHM_TAN:

I also didn't ask if they were from RGS, RI, Hwa Chong, RJC.

You forgot Nanyang Girls High?

So I did. It's ok. You add in liao.

[sinoboy]

jtoh:

sinoboy:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]

What in your opinion constitutes a high proportion?

30 to 40% maybe?

30-40% of a cohort in NYGH for instance would be about 120-160 students? I seriously doubt that there are that many foreign (China) students in one cohort.[/quote]Nobody knows for sure unless the school is willing to reveal the stats. Anyway doesn't really concern me, me and my kids did PLSE a while back. Just wondering why our locals kids let them beat us at our own game and why there are so loopholes not plugged. The issues are too sensitive to discuss openly I guess.

[david59]

I give free tuition to low income family at a charitable organisation. From time to time, students from Rgs and Hwa Chong come to do CIP. Most of the students from Rgs are Singaporeans while those from hwa Chong, 6 JC students are all from China n here on scholarship since secondary school days.

Just for comparison which schools most of the foreign students go to.

[Dreamgear]

david59:

I give free tuition to low income family at a charitable organisation. From time to time, students from Rgs and Hwa Chong come to do CIP. Most of the students from Rgs are Singaporeans while those from hwa Chong, 6 JC students are all from China n here on scholarship since secondary school days.

Just for comparison which schools most of the foreign students go to.

Isnt foreign scholars spread out among the schools? I dont think its any individual schools initiative but rather are allocated by moe.

[pirate]

What is scary is that Singapore seems to be heading towards the direction where anyone who does not achieve the level of success he or she desires (or for their children) can just blame it on the system or so-called ‘unlevel playing field’. Seriously? I don’t think they are going to find a playing field anywhere else in the world that is much more level than what we have here.


This new MOE directive only serves to push us further towards that direction.

Why don’t we just scrap PSLE, O-levels, A-levels, IB altogether? It’s too stressful and the playing field is never level because the well-to-do will have the resources to give their kids an advantage. Heck, let’s scrap university degrees while we are at it. Just give anybody who applies the job they want. And if the number of hopeful applicants exceed the number of vacancies, we can always ballot. At the least, the playing field will be fully ‘level’.

Oh, wait. That’s not fair too. If the rich get sick, they can afford to go overseas to consult a real doctor…