godiva:

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[quote=\"godiva\"]There is a Regional Studies Programme which is tied in with the Malay Studies Programme.


My daughter is keen on the above but also keen in Japanese. But I understand you can only take either RSP (Malay Studies) or Japanese as both are considered 3 rd languages.

I hear that dropout rate for Jap, French , german etc 3rd languages are very high. However, this is not the case for Malay STudies which has hardly any students dropping out- any idea if this is because it is very interesting/easy to study/score? OR is it because the school actively discourage/penalise students from dropping out of the programme as this is a school programme?

When school orientation starts, there'll be PSLs(peer support leaders aka seniors) who will be guiding you for the first term. Sign ups for RSP is later in the year. So have your daughter ask them this question, the seniors can ask those who are in the program itself, and will be able to give you a more convincing and better answers i believe.

By the way, i think, THINK only, that RSP is different from simply taking Malay as a third language, they are, or should be two different programmes, i'm not very sure, so just ask the teachers or the seniors

Thank you for your reply![/quote]
RSP is actually something like Area Studies, where you learn more about SEAsia. At the same time you learn Malay language in additional to the area studies. However, RSP has a certain limit to the number of people taking it, henceforth, there is normally an interview to select the students. Normally, those who did not pass the interview will to for MSP instead, where you learn only Malay language. So, MSP is actually a smaller picture of RSP.
And yes, RSP/MSP is much easier to score henceforth less pressurizing in comparison to German/French/Jap. And there will not be any penalty should one drops a subject, but the students are only allowed to drop them in midyear and endyear as the school believes that the students should be responsible for their choices and not quit as and when they feel like.