[Novena] Primary Schools

[Scary]

alng:

Are you very sure? I have never heard of this in the last six years. I have never heard of someone been asked to leave for academic or behaviour reasons.

I had heard of 2 cases from NY but we have to be careful with the terms used. I don't think any school is allowed to ask any kid to leave. What I understand is the school will counsel the parents, analyse with them the situations. It's still the parents' decision at the end of the day.

[phtthp]

Scary:

I had heard of 2 cases from NY but we have to be careful with the terms used. I don't think any school is allowed to ask any kid to leave. What I understand is the school will counsel the parents, analyse with them the situations. It's still the parents' decision at the end of the day.

is the child showing signs of learning difficulty struggle ?
in some Hokkien Huey Kuan affliated SAP schools -
if a child face learning difficulty can't cope, the child may be asked to transfer to a slower paced, less stressful academic school with support from Allied Educators around, to help the child cope better.

[Scary]

phtthp:

is the child showing signs of learning difficulty struggle ?

in some Hokkien Huey Kuan affliated SAP schools -
if a child face learning difficulty can't cope, the child may be asked to transfer to a slower paced, less stressful academic school with support from Allied Educators around, to help the child cope better.

Thought all schools have Allied Educators? Education Minister said all schools are good and have the required teaching resources. Why is there a need to transfer then? Isn't it clear in this case some schools are higher in standard than others, some don't have the required resources or not willing to cater to the weaker students? So the \"elite\" schools will always be \"elite\" and the less popular schools will always have more weaker students?

[phtthp]

Scary:

Why is there a need to transfer then?

Currently, not all schools have ready Allied Educators around or helper assistant designated inside each class to handle children with learning disability. Some schools have, some not yet, some don't. Or in some cases, if problem lies with child, Allied Educators may not help much. Every child is different, unique. Some parents may be approached to transfer out their child, if their child can't cope in that particular school, with lots of heavy school work / homework.

Thus, it is better for parents to find out first, before enrol their child into the school.

[verykiasu2010]

Scary:

I had heard of 2 cases from NY but we have to be careful with the terms used. I don't think any school is allowed to ask any kid to leave. What I understand is the school will counsel the parents, analyse with them the situations. It's still the parents' decision at the end of the day.

is it due to the school's desire to maintain \"performace\" and don't want to see super low t-score among the results as alleged ? or is it a genuine need to seek a better / more suited learning environment ? if the child is more suited for Rainbow or Pathlight or Mind, then obviously is not suited for the standard primary school

to allege that the school kick out the students in order to maintain academic performance is a serious allegation thrown at the school

[Ribena48]

The teachers will not so directly tell something like you cannot perform please find another school. The students might have out-performed for a period of time and after the teachers have ‘lim kopi’ sessions with the parents and kids there are still no improvement then maybe they will hint to you that there are other schools that will benefit your children better. At the end, I guess, the parents automatically transfer the kids out. Just like in corporate world, in general, your boss will have one-to-one meeting with you if u cannot perform. If your performance appraisal has been lousy all this while and the company don’t see value in you … After a while you will tender in your own accord too.

[verykiasu2010]

Ribena48:

The teachers will not so directly tell something like you cannot perform please find another school. The students might have out-performed for a period of time and after the teachers have 'lim kopi' sessions with the parents and kids there are still no improvement then maybe they will hint to you that there are other schools that will benefit your children better. At the end, I guess, the parents automatically transfer the kids out. Just like in corporate world, in general, your boss will have one-to-one meeting with you if u cannot perform. If your performance appraisal has been lousy all this while and the company don't see value in you ... After a while you will tender in your own accord too.

this is not the same as corporate world. the school never ask the kid to leave. so why leave ? you have every reason to stay.

[Ribena48]

Precisely what I have said, the school will never ask you to leave. They will first observe, counseling sessions or meet up the parents to find what is going on and what support aids are needed…etc. But after exhaust all means still cannot produce result then how? I think the parents will find another school that best fit the child.

[jtoh]

But all schools should be able to help all children of different abilities, unless the child has severe learning disabilities. Given this, no school should be asking any child to leave, or even ‘advise’ parents to leave.

[verykiasu2010]

Ribena48:

Precisely what I have said, the school will never ask you to leave. They will first observe, counseling sessions or meet up the parents to find what is going on and what support aids are needed....etc. But after exhaust all means still cannot produce result then how? I think the parents will find another school that best fit the child.

therefore it is totally irresponsible for people to make sweeping statement that the school kick out the students in order to main its academic standard / because the student cannot reach the academic standard