sushi88:

Blurryburger:

I wonder what MOE will do to help the underprivileged children...


Research elsewhere has shown that in the early schooling years, parental involvement is relatively more important than say, who your peers are. So, if that's true in Singapore and the choice of school is more important with the change, and supposedly children from lower incomes and underprivileged households do not receive as much parental involvement as the higher income families, who is going to help these kids figure out their choices? Will children from a certain income stratum be left behind by the system?

The children should consult the teachers for advice, whether parents are involved or not, as one of the views. During my time, majority of us were underprivileged and our parents were clueless and guess who come to our help? The teachers. I remember filling up my choices on my own with help from teachers.

That's great to learn that for some of the parents here, their teachers from primary schools guided them in making a tough choice. And that's how it should be. Teachers, not parents, should play the leading role in the children's educational journey.

My DC is in P1 this year, so the recent changes in PSLE affect me tremendously on a personal level. As a parent, I would describe myself pretty laid back, but now for some reason I find myself feeling more and more agitated and worried about what will be and will not, with regards to my DC's performance in PSLE 2021 and the whole of his future. Like many parents of this cohort, I am already worried about Sec 1 posting, tertiary education, right up to his career path and job prospects! :scared: :nailbite:

From what I observe, currently many parents tend to take the responsibility of their children's primary school education in their own hands. Because parents have the most at stake. But why does it have to be so? Surely the lion's share of the responsibility should be with the school and teachers. It is the teachers whose KPI should be tied to their overall class performance, or teachers who need to take ownership of their class' performance at year end exams at P1 to P5 level.

If a student is weak in a particular subject, then I feel it should be the teacher's call to advise the parents if a little extra help, in the form of tuition/ remedial lessons, will help; instead of parents deciding unilaterally to enroll their DC in tuition.