Hindi exams conducted in different schools every semester.

[Nandiniim28]

vividlaurel:

I know quite a few of DAV teachers, especially in the centre my children go are housewives. I don't think they have any teaching qualifications or experience and as for hindi experience, I have my own doubts. Just because you come from a hindi speaking environment does not make you a good candidate to teach! :roll:

Cutiepie1975:

there is no teaching spirit..Just want to clock hours n earn money...

I agree. But not all teachers are w/o exp. They would have shortage of teachers if they are too rigid But, some min std shld be there while hiring..

[vividlaurel]

I agree - not all. Some of the teachers are very experienced, both in India and here in Singapore. These teachers are mainly kept for the higher classes and not for the Kindergartens and lower primary where you also need experienced teachers since the language is new to them at that point.


This non-qualified teachers is the reason my children's school do not want to have classes in school! So I am stuck with going to the centre every Saturday!!

Nandiniim28:

I agree. But not all teachers are w/o exp. They would have shortage of teachers if they are too rigid But, some min std shld be there while hiring..

[Nandiniim28]

Any idea about syllabus for P1 mid term exam ??!! So confused

[smartmummy]

vividlaurel:

Hindi is the national language of India. Just like Mandarin is the national language of China and there are various dialects spoken, but Singapore has chosen Mandarin to be taught to students here. The earliest immigrants to Singapore were mostly from Tamil Nadu and hence Tamil is one of the four official languages here. Earlier, non-tamil students who didn't want to take tamil as their MT used to take Malay. Now, however, you have people coming to Singapore from different parts of India and hence this move by MOE to include more languages. I also know of Indian students who take Mandarin and excel in it in school.


Like pupilview mentioned, Tamil is a regional language of a southern state called Tamil Nadu. Not everyone in Tamil Nadu can speak or even converse in Hindi and in fact in the sixties they had this huge anti-hindi agitation going on where people who spoke the language in public were harmed.

Learning a new language is only an asset. I come from a tamil speaking background, but since I never learned tamil as a child, I chose for my children to learn Hindi, which I am more comfortable with. If my children want to learn Tamil, they can do so at home. Also at school, since my children's school does not offer the language, they are learning Mandarin during curriculum time instead of just reading a book and wasting their time.

Hope this clarifies things!

concern2:

:? If knowing Tamil allows you also to speak Hindi, why is it so important to add Hindi as a subject to be learnt in school - and have the kids sit through the tests?Is it a prerequisite to have the subject appear in the certificate should you wish to enter a certain University or undertake a subject or to pursue certain jobs? Like for instance, a student with a Tamil and another with a Hindi certificate, the one with Hindi background will be more valued, is it like that?

And a person who speaks Hindi doesn't necessarily know Tamil?

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-25/india/28148512_1_national-language-official-language-hindi
There's no national language in India: Gujarat High Court
AHMEDABAD: Does India have a national language? No, says the Gujarat High Court. The court also observed that in India, a majority of people have accepted Hindi as a national language and many speak Hindi and write in Devanagari script, but it's not officially the national language.

With this observation, a bench headed by Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya refused to issue directions that packaged commodities must contain details about goods in Hindi.

[pupilview]

smartmummy:

vividlaurel:

Hindi is the national language of India. Just like Mandarin is the national language of China and there are various dialects spoken, but Singapore has chosen Mandarin to be taught to students here. The earliest immigrants to Singapore were mostly from Tamil Nadu and hence Tamil is one of the four official languages here. Earlier, non-tamil students who didn't want to take tamil as their MT used to take Malay. Now, however, you have people coming to Singapore from different parts of India and hence this move by MOE to include more languages. I also know of Indian students who take Mandarin and excel in it in school.


Like pupilview mentioned, Tamil is a regional language of a southern state called Tamil Nadu. Not everyone in Tamil Nadu can speak or even converse in Hindi and in fact in the sixties they had this huge anti-hindi agitation going on where people who spoke the language in public were harmed.

Learning a new language is only an asset. I come from a tamil speaking background, but since I never learned tamil as a child, I chose for my children to learn Hindi, which I am more comfortable with. If my children want to learn Tamil, they can do so at home. Also at school, since my children's school does not offer the language, they are learning Mandarin during curriculum time instead of just reading a book and wasting their time.

Hope this clarifies things!
[quote=\"concern2\"] :? If knowing Tamil allows you also to speak Hindi, why is it so important to add Hindi as a subject to be learnt in school - and have the kids sit through the tests?Is it a prerequisite to have the subject appear in the certificate should you wish to enter a certain University or undertake a subject or to pursue certain jobs? Like for instance, a student with a Tamil and another with a Hindi certificate, the one with Hindi background will be more valued, is it like that?

And a person who speaks Hindi doesn't necessarily know Tamil?

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-25/india/28148512_1_national-language-official-language-hindi
There's no national language in India: Gujarat High Court
AHMEDABAD: Does India have a national language? No, says the Gujarat High Court. The court also observed that in India, a majority of people have accepted Hindi as a national language and many speak Hindi and write in Devanagari script, but it's not officially the national language.

With this observation, a bench headed by Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya refused to issue directions that packaged commodities must contain details about goods in Hindi.[/quote]
Hindi is a language spoken by a majority of Indians.Hindi is an official language.In fact these days, majority of the Indians prefer to speak in English .Our kids here actually have a good vocabulary than Mumbai/Bangalore kids due to the high standard of Hindi being taught in Singapore.In terms of framing a proper Hindi sentence they are not perfect because they try to translate an English sentence to Hindi and the language usage in Hindi could be different because it has a gender associated with a noun.Grammatical gender association is what makes Hindi difficult to learn for people who come from a non-Hindi speaking environment.
If you have someone to teach your kid Tamil, I think you should encourage your child to take it because it is easier to score. In my personal opinion,you may score less marks in Hindi but it is a value-add.

[Nandiniim28]

Scoring marks depends on the child and the ques paper/examiner etc. Learning hindi is good in the long run. Who knows children may be able to score good in hindi in future:-)

[KQE]

My child is P3 in Hindi Society. Find it hard to get a good and committed tutor for Hindi.


Anyone can share his or her experience in getting a tutor?

[Nandiniim28]

Are Hindi MT students eligible to apply for IP programmes/schools offering Integrated Programmes?

Tks

[Nandiniim28]

For P1, any idea when the marks for oral and written exam would be given out? Also in Parent Teacher meeting what will they discuss? will the exam sheet be shown?

Just wondering why we need to travel to centralised centre for the meeting? Why cant they just hold it in the resp centre…it will save time for both parents and teachers!

[Nandiniim28]

Any P1 Parents?!!!