PSLE Results - 2009

Quoted on Channel News Asia website : "For home-schooled children, 37 took the examinations this year. Seventeen, or 46 per cent, did not meet the benchmark."

  

I am considering to home-school my children.. Perhaps i should reconsider... 

  

Quoted from Channel News Asia website : "The fact that seven of the 13 best students this year came from neighbourhood schools. This is a surprising change from the last year’s result where only two students from these schools topped the exams."

  

Perhaps neighbourhood schools are not that bad afterall...

  

BTW, Sam got into Tao Nan School under the GEP selection test.. He took and passed the GEP (Gifted Education Program) test last year, but we did not transfer him and move him up to P4 this year as we felt that P3 was very important since it's the year where they introduce Science as a subject.  Also, there was much debates on the Singapore GEP program aren't very tailor-made for gifted children.. 

  

So, why decided on the GEP now? 

- He will get into Tao Nan School which grants Nick and Grace admission at Primary 1 without me having to do voluntary work (yes, for my selfish reasons). 

- It grants him a higher chance of going into Dunman High School (my dream school) since they are one of the 7 schools in Singapore that offers SBGP (School-Based Gifted Program) + IP (Integrated Program). In fact, i am so desperate for Sam to enter Dunman High School that i have signed him up for violin, piano and now electone (because he saw Nick practicing, so he wanted to learn too) since he was 4yo, so in the event he is a few points shy of getting into Dunman High School, he will still get in thru the music elective course. 

  

Oh course, my father had reminded me that Dunman High School may not be the best option since they are on the IP (integrated program). That means, the child will not be sitting for the GCE 'O' Levels exam, and will do a 6 year program in secondary school, and only doing the GCE 'A" Levels at the end of 6 year.. Incase he fails he GCE 'A' Levels at the end of 6 years and doesn't wants to retake, then he highest education level reflected on his job application will stand only at PSLE (ie. Primary 6)!