7 New IP schools

[wonderm]

verykiasu2010:

DadOfGirl:

I don't think it will be allowed...otherwise there will be flurry of activites to trasnfer to these 7 schools.

I know currently SEC2 can DSA to JC , but with this annoucement, there will be strig attached as to they cannot pick students from other sec schools who are left out of this phase

school transfer is norm, they (new IP school)....don't pick, they just say all are welcome to apply

Agree, even at primary school level. Students strong in sports or academic transfer to more popular schools midway from neighbourhood schools.

[jtoh]

insanityfilledgleams:

crescent has been in band one for five years already,so why isnt it a hot choice???? i mean schools like mgs and scgs and cedar dont exactly get band one

SCGS has been a Band One school for many many years. More than 7 years I believe.

[tanbh]

insanityfilledgleams wrote:

crescent has been in band one for five years already,so why isnt it a hot choice??? i mean schools like mgs and scgs and cedar dont exactly get band one

i am a newbie here, but please do note that CEDAR is the only school that NEVER EVER missed BAND 1 in the ranking of School with O level students, SINCE it started in 2003 (i think), almost all other Schools like Victoria School, St. Nick, and even MSG missed at least 1 time (drop to 2 or 3) of course… the girls school did better than then Boys schools… VS is the better one already i think 5 years consecutive already… i think… SJI just attained band1 only Recently and only 1 time only (at most twice), and Catholic High fluctuates also btw 1,2,3 bands

[WeiHan]

These new IP schools have a few independent schools and their students typically do not qualify for the MOE scholarship accordingly to psle score. By approving these expensive independent schools but not other "cheaper" government schools but of comparable academic standard, wouldn’t the government be perceived of benefiting the richer elites more?

[satom]

Hi Tanbh,


Mind sharing where I can find ranking (band 1,2,etc) for schools past couple of yrs?

Cheers

tanbh:

insanityfilledgleams wrote:
crescent has been in band one for five years already,so why isnt it a hot choice???? i mean schools like mgs and scgs and cedar dont exactly get band one

i am a newbie here, but please do note that CEDAR is the only school that NEVER EVER missed BAND 1 in the ranking of School with O level students,,, SINCE it started in 2003 (i think), almost all other Schools like Victoria School, St. Nick, and even MSG missed at least 1 time (drop to 2 or 3) of course... the girls school did better than then Boys schools... VS is the better one already i think 5 years consecutive already... i think... SJI just attained band1 only Recently and only 1 time only (at most twice), and Catholic High fluctuates also btw 1,2,3 bands

[keroppi]

tanbh:

insanityfilledgleams wrote:

crescent has been in band one for five years already,so why isnt it a hot choice???? i mean schools like mgs and scgs and cedar dont exactly get band one

i am a newbie here, but please do note that CEDAR is the only school that NEVER EVER missed BAND 1 in the ranking of School with O level students,,, SINCE it started in 2003 (i think), almost all other Schools like Victoria School, St. Nick, and even MSG missed at least 1 time (drop to 2 or 3) of course... the girls school did better than then Boys schools... VS is the better one already i think 5 years consecutive already... i think... SJI just attained band1 only Recently and only 1 time only (at most twice), and Catholic High fluctuates also btw 1,2,3 bands

I don't want to get into an argument here but schools like CHS, MGS, SCGS and St Nicks have much much lower COP for their own feeder Pri schools ... to attain a B1 status with girls coming in at 200 COP is a significant achievement in itself already.

[zeemimi]

hardworking:

My friend’s son scored 25+ and couldn’t get a place at HCI. He went to his second choice which is a ‘band 1’ school. He scored 7A1s for O levels and went to RI (JC). If now, he would have gotten into one of the new IP schools and missed his opportunity of studying at RI. It is messy.

i find this rather contradictory.

1. This shows that even if the boy can't make it to HCI after PSLE, eventually he is still up to par with those who have taken the IP route. Going to a non-IP sch did not disadvantage him significantly or at all. In fact, had his band 1 sch been IP, he may have had more opportunities to explore other avenues of interests.

2. But you seem to have cast a negative light on this upcoming 2nd batch of IP schs -> going to these schs will deny the boy the opportunity to go RIJC.

These 7 new IP schs are likely consistently band 1 schs. They may not lead to RIJC or HCI, but i don't think the quality of IP-education offered will be any inferior. They may just be different but different is not wrong.

Every sch has its own merits. We should cheer for 7 new IP schs, giving our next batch of P6 more choices. Hopefully the current Sec 1 and 2s can benefit too.

[satom]

Hi Tanbh,


Mind sharing where I can find ranking (band 1,2,etc) for schools past couple of yrs?

Cheers

tanbh:

insanityfilledgleams wrote:
crescent has been in band one for five years already,so why isnt it a hot choice???? i mean schools like mgs and scgs and cedar dont exactly get band one

i am a newbie here, but please do note that CEDAR is the only school that NEVER EVER missed BAND 1 in the ranking of School with O level students,,, SINCE it started in 2003 (i think), almost all other Schools like Victoria School, St. Nick, and even MSG missed at least 1 time (drop to 2 or 3) of course... the girls school did better than then Boys schools... VS is the better one already i think 5 years consecutive already... i think... SJI just attained band1 only Recently and only 1 time only (at most twice), and Catholic High fluctuates also btw 1,2,3 bands

:?

[keroppi]

zeemimi:

hardworking:

My friend’s son scored 25+ and couldn’t get a place at HCI. He went to his second choice which is a ‘band 1’ school. He scored 7A1s for O levels and went to RI (JC). If now, he would have gotten into one of the new IP schools and missed his opportunity of studying at RI. It is messy.

i find this rather contradictory.

1. This shows that even if the boy can't make it to HCI after PSLE, eventually he is still up to par with those who have taken the IP route. Going to a non-IP sch did not disadvantage him significantly or at all. In fact, had his band 1 sch been IP, he may have had more opportunities to explore other avenues of interests.

2. But you seem to have cast a negative light on this upcoming 2nd batch of IP schs -> going to these schs will deny the boy the opportunity to go RIJC.

These 7 new IP schs are likely consistently band 1 schs. They may not lead to RIJC or HCI, but i don't think the quality of IP-education offered will be any inferior. They may just be different but different is not wrong.

Every sch has its own merits. We should cheer for 7 new IP schs, giving our next batch of P6 more choices. Hopefully the current Sec 1 and 2s can benefit too.

I agree. Ultimately the common goal is to ace in your A-levels and get into your choice course of study in the Uni (local or overseas), isn't it? Does it matter if you enter enroute RIJC or HCI or some ABC JC?

[jtoh]

For Banding of schools, search the MOE website.


Here's the one for 2009:

http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/files/2009/09/moa-2009-annex-e1.pdf

As you can clearly see, SCGS is in Band 1 and for many years.