DSA 2012

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ruohoo97:

Yes, it is indicated on Child's report book. under position of level and position of class....


Considering different schools have differing level of paper, Admission staffs are well versed in these difference. They will make fair adjustment.

Each school has its own practice. Some schools do not indicate the position in class and/or level.

[yukilei]

MMM:

yukilei:

It's easier to compare the GEP students as they sit for the same paper & do the same projects regardless of which schools they're from. That could be the reason why overall score matters for GEP students.

This makes absolute sense as it's the same yardstick.

But for mainstreamers... the paper standard really varies.... Which probably explain why there is a demand for \"top schools\" papers and not exam papers from the other less known schools. No offence I am just stating a fact so don't me.

Sometimes my friend with same age kid would say oh my ds scored eg 85 for maths. He is from a neighbourhood school. But my same age dd from a SAP school only mge say 70 and the highest is class is maybe 70+ and most of the cohort failed... I am not driving that neighbourhood schools are not good (that is not the intent) as we also have top scholars from neighbourhood schools. But my point is that it's really difficult to measure if there is indeed a standard difference until they sit for the same PSLE paper.

My DS was from neighbourhood pri sch (not so good in the eyes of many people as compared to other neighbourhood sch in the same area) during his lower pri. I remembered he scored 100 for Math. I brought him to market, & when one of the hawker asked him for his result & his school, he answered honestly. Guess what's the reply from the hawker : \"ai ya, that's a lousy pri school, no wonder you score 100\". It was so hurting for him. He then asked me : \"if he applied for DSA in future, will the sec school thinks the same?\" I really have no answer to it.

[spacedout]

Hi newbie here. dd has a co from rgs. gep, in case you ask. Was wondering if anybody heard of the talent development program? What is this? :?

[yukilei]

Asking on behalf of colleague. Some sec schools like RVH & SJI offers IP prog but they don’t have afficiated JC, where do the IP students go during yr 5 & 6?

[SHAmum]

ruohoo97:

phtthp:

do ALL schools openly let parents know the position of the child in the entire school cohort ?
is this piece of info made readily available to Mainstream parents in report cards, or during PMT ?

Yes, it is indicated on Child's report book. under position of level and position of class....

Considering different schools have differing level of paper, Admission staffs are well versed in these difference. They will make fair adjustment.

Not all school, one of them is my ds school. only top 20 student will know end of the year.

[phtthp]

yukilei:

MMM:

This is actually getting more complicated I was just wondering if it is due to lack of transparency in this area or because DSA is mainly dominated by GEP students. :?


As mentioned by myself and another forumner, we do observed fixed score requirement for some schools. Eg. DHS, TKGS to name a few.

My kids' primary school stopped releasing the position in level. But will release class/ level performance for each subject so we know where the child stands... So with such information/ paper std inconsistency among schools, I really wonder how they calibrate.

It's easier to compare the GEP students as they sit for the same paper & do the same projects regardless of which schools they're from. That could be the reason why overall score matters for GEP students.

each year -
roughly what is the percentage (proportion) of DSA seats allocated to GEP students, and to Mainstream pupils ?

[elkniwt]

Hi yukilei,


RVH's JC is RVH itself. Year 5 and Year 6 lessons conducted within the same compound at RVH. I think they did pretty well for their A level.

I think SJI is the same for the Year and Year 6 too.

yukilei:

Asking on behalf of colleague. Some sec schools like RVH & SJI offers IP prog but they don't have afficiated JC, where do the IP students go during yr 5 & 6?

[yukilei]

elkniwt:

Hi yukilei,


RVH's JC is RVH itself. Year 5 and Year 6 lessons conducted within the same compound at RVH. I think they did pretty well for their A level.

I think SJI is the same for the Year and Year 6 too.

yukilei:

Asking on behalf of colleague. Some sec schools like RVH & SJI offers IP prog but they don't have afficiated JC, where do the IP students go during yr 5 & 6?

Thank you elkniwt. So it means these sec schools have added a section for \"JC\" in their school curriculum.

[MummySTay]

spacedout:

Hi newbie here. dd has a co from rgs. gep, in case you ask. Was wondering if anybody heard of the talent development program? What is this? :?

Hi,

When your DD reports to RGS in Dec, she will be given a file which will contain all the info on the various special programmes under Talent Devt.
The special programmes for year 1s include:
- Music Elective Prog
- Special Arts Prog
- Regional Studies Prog
- 3rd Lang
- Malay Special Prog
- Chinese Special Prog

My DD is only in year 1...if not wrong, from year 2 onwards, there're others like Odyssey of the Mind.

There are conditions to be fulfilled before your DD is allowed to take up the Prog. If you want more info, I suggest you post the questions in the RGS thread.

Oh, and congrats on the CO.

[mamakata]

phtthp:

fantasy1:

So disappointed to hear that the sch only have offered such a limited vacancies (less than 30) .

The DSA process for SNGS is really tedious.

SNGS DSA offer less than 30.

i)
out of 30 -
how many allocated to SNGS own affliated primary girls, how many to outsiders ?

ii)
how many seats from SCGS DSA - also less than 30 ?
how many allocated to SCGS own affliated primary school girls first ?

iii)
how many seats from MGS DSA ?
how many allocated to MGS own affliated primary school girls first ?

When I went to the MGS open day, was informed that the DSA-IP will take only up to 30 girls as the total IP size is only 60. Forgot to ask at SCGS - anybody knows?

For all the IP programmes at the full schools, I believe the affiliated primary school girls have to compete for the places the same as non-affiliated girls. They only get preference (ie lower COP) for the O-level track.