shurley197323:

Is is true that Third languages is only FREE at MOELC ??

lessons are free, books are not free

ngl2010:

Smiggle:

Heard that DSA students, except those via acad, are placed in the last class of the school. Is that true?

Heard about that also....

those non-acad DSA are usually sports DSA, they are group together for time-tabling reason as their sports training schedule and competition schedule are very different from the rest of the cohort, not because they are less clever which is unspoken in the question being asked here

it is also easier for the school to do extra lessons for them esp they need to catch up with the rest of the cohort after the competition season is over

some of the sports DSA students also have high t-scores, don't forget that!

phtthp:

LeeTaiTai:

News say 285 not sure which stream though

besides Nanyang 285 (highest score), Nan Hua also 285.
Not South View.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=45972&start=260

thought you have all the highest t-score of each school posted on this website by you already ...

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_AdvSearch.asp


just go to MOE website, key in the tscore, and it will sort for you all schools that meet the tscore as a cut off point based on 2012 sec one posting

obviously this is only a guide based on the last available historical records

3Boys:

ChiefKiasu:

Ignorance is indeed bliss, but it does not make the problem go away. It will only force the problem to go underground, worsened by rumours and hearsay. We cannot stop jealousy and unhappiness by simply obfuscating information.

Chief,
you banged the nail right on the head.

Guess what's gonna happen now?

\"Oh, did you hear about what A said about school B and how they managed their admissions?\"

\"Oh did you hear about how school X performed against school Y?\"

It just goes underground. We are trying to tweak the system to fix what is essentially a problem with the parents.

I have been saying this from day 1 across various threads like private tuition, \"every school is a good school\" etc.

It's the parents creating the stress, not the system.

it increases the commercial value of kiasuparents.com, as inevitably ranking info will be available / could be deduced from postings in this website, other issues aside

3Boys:

As I stated in a post last year, Singapore is well on its way to becoming a mediocre country, thanks to all the clamouring to reduce 'stress' and 'competition', in all aspects of life, from schooling to employment.


If there is too much competition from top foreign students, we don't want it. If there is too much competition from foreign workers, we don't want it. Keep them both out. If there are high paying jobs that are too stressful, we don't want them either. And by the way, we don't want any other Singaporeans to have them too, in case they get paid too well and therefore raise the cost of living for the rest of us, so please send those jobs to China or Malaysia instead. GEP? Too stressful, but since I can't get my children in there, I don't want any other Singaporean child to attend either.

I hate to say this, but the politics of envy have taken over our decision making.

I have felt the malaise for a while already and this is yet another sign of how lily-livered a society we have become.

:goodpost: :goodpost:

100% agreed. well said!

probably by 1pm (within an hour of the result release) the reporters would have found who / where is the top scorer.


the result slip shows the top and bottom score of the cohort, beside showing the candidate’s own score

reporters only need to stake out a few usual schools and the news will be out in no time as to who is top from where

it certainly makes news reporting more exciting than before

ksp can send members to stake out those schools and report back here too

the relevant departments have agreed to be flexible in view of the technology transfer and the spin offs, but the owner is thinking thrice due to the uncertainty of govt policies

MR06:

Actually I'm quite hesitant to share this cos it's politically-sensitive, but anyway .....


There is this old lady who brings her grandchild to an enrichment class as my dc. She is a chatting kaki while we wait to pick up our kids. She usually talks about her church but one day the topic veered to education and politics.

She shared her relative works in the civil service and she is tasked to jet around the region scouring for bright kids. She doesn't just goes to the big cities but remote areas to entice these youngsters with free scholarship to come to Singapore.

It instantly synced with what I've read in another forum whereby someone shared his experience on being told in his face by a PRC. \"I did not come to your country on my own accord. Your govt pleaded with me to come over and induced me with the freebies.\" It really made my blood boil!

She also shared how she had turned from a PAP die-hard supporter to supporting the opposition. There are so many old folks who used to be the ruling party's supporters now sitting on the fence and crossing over by the day when they perceived their children or grandchildren were being marginalized because of the government policies.

there are two main reasons for this to happen:

(1) singaporeans are not reproducing enough

(2) those that have been reproduced are not smart enough and they implement the population policy by the letter not by the spirit, hence you get ALL kinds of immigrants. for the sake of their (civil servants) rice bowls they have kpi to meet

to stop the importation of immigrants, every singaporean must start to show they can produce 3 more babies then have the moral authority to demand PMO to cease the population import policy

SINGAPORE: Findings from the Committees of Inquiry (COI) convened after the deaths of two full-time National Servicemen in two separate incidents this year have uncovered clear breaches of training safety regulations.


Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen revealed this in a ministerial statement in Parliament on Wednesday.

In the first incident, Private Dominique Lee died after a training exercise involving smoke grenades at Lim Chu Kang on 17 April.

Private Lee experienced breathing difficulties after exposure from the smoke. He lost consciousness and was later pronounced dead at the National University Hospital.

\"The cause of death was certified by the forensic pathologist of the Health Sciences Authority to be due to an 'acute allergic reaction to zinc chloride due to inhalation of zinc chloride fumes',\" said Dr Ng.

Zinc chloride is a primary component of smoke grenades currently used in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

The COI discovered that the number of smoke grenades used in the exercise had exceeded the limit specified in training safety regulations.

Based on the exercise layout, not more than two smoke grenades should have been used.

The Platoon Commander threw six grenades, despite being aware of the specific safety regulations.

Dr Ng said that such smoke grenades, which have been used by the SAF since the 1970s, are still safe to use if training safety regulations are observed.

The COI was also \"unable to establish with certainty\" whether Private's Lee's asthma condition had contributed to his death, saying that the effects of zinc chloride on asthmatics were not well documented in medical literature.

However to address public concerns, the SAF has since suspended the use of such smoke grenades for training but it continues to use them in missions, said the minister.

Dr Ng also said that the SAF's medical classification guidelines on asthma are \"relevant, up to date and in line with national and international standards\" and stated that it is still safe for servicemen with a history of asthma to undergo training with smoke grenades if training service regulations are followed.

One in five national servicemen is affected by asthma.

MINDEF has relieved both the exercise Chief Safety Officer Captain Chia Thye Siong and the Platoon Commander who threw the smoke grenades, Captain Najib Hanuk Bin Muhamad Jalal, of their duties, the minister said.

They have been re-deployed to assignments which do not oversee soldiers in training or operations.

In the second incident, Third Sergeant Tan Mou Sheng was killed after a jeep that he was in overturned on May 11.

Third Sergeant Tan was travelling with other instructors in a scout jeep and was seated at the rear of the jeep. When the jeep overturned, Third Sergeant Tan was thrown out and pinned under the vehicle.

He underwent emergency surgery at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

Dr Ng said the inquiry discovered that the jeep driver was not licenced to drive the vehicle and that the two rear passengers, one of whom was Third Sergeant Tan, were not wearing their helmets or lap belts.

The COI also found that the Combat Intelligence School had a \"weak safety structure\" and in the course of its investigations, found other instances of unlicenced driving.

Shortly after the incident, MINDEF removed the Commanding Officer of the Combat Intelligence School Lieutenant-Colonel Vincent Lam Fei Liong from his command.

Other personnel in the Combat Intelligence School that were relieved of their duties include the Head of the Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition Wing Major Poon Chen Song, the School Sergeant Major 1st Warrant Officer Lim Ser Wei, the exercise Supervising Officer Lieutenant Marcus Koh Men, and the exercise Conducting Officer Master Sergeant Lee Kong Kean.

Vehicular management systems at all SAF units have since been tightened to ensure no unauthorised driving occurs during field training.

COIs are chaired by senior civil servants from outside MINDEF and members include one or two medical specialists.

Dr Ng told the House that personnel found negligent in both incidents could be subject to a General Court Martial.

Police investigations are also on-going to determine whether to prosecute the personnel involved in Civil Court.

\"Any commander who ignores safety regulations, whether wilfully or negligently, puts his soldiers at risk and is not fit for command,\" said Dr Ng.

\"Our soldiers can train realistically and safely - there need not be a compromise…These two deaths could have been avoided if safety instructions had been followed\".

Dr Ng also told Parliament that after these two incidents, the Singapore Armed Forces will make three key systemic changes to strengthen training safety.

Under the changes, the SAF will deploy more safety officers on the ground.

A Safety Review Board has also been set up to review the Army's overall safety structure, processes and culture.

In addition, the SAF will set up an Inspectorate, reporting directly to the Chief of Defence Force.

Read the ministerial statement by Dr Ng Eng Hen

- CNA/jc

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1237175/1/.html