The truth about Education in Singapore

[Chase]

MOE will investigate any allegations of unfair practices in direct school admission exercise​

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...-any-allegations-unfair-practices-dsa-4105961
“There is a concern that some coaches, perhaps within the system, are making implicit promises that access to certain spots in certain schools would be favourable because they also happen to be the coaches for those schools,” said Assoc Prof Lim.

He also clarified that he was “not making any accusations” of corruption, and called for more transparency in the DSA exercise.

Assoc Prof Lim also asked whether MOE has plans for a more thorough review on the whole DSA process, instead of on a case-by-case basis.

“If we believe that the system is right, and if you have anecdotal evidence that you think requires our attention, we welcome you to pass it to MOE and we’ll take a look at it,” said Mr Chan in his response.

 

[Chase]

DSA is a million-dollar business opportunity especially in sports

1. Many retired sportsmen are coaches of secondary schools and JCs.
2. Rich parents sent their kids to private sport schools run by these people for a few years or just months in Primary School
3. Many of these kids don't play the games well or won anything in national competitions. The fees are very high, what's the catch?

The coaches do not select the DSA students but many had recommended school teachers to recruit these rich kids as ideal, perfect "sparing opponents" for the best sports students in the CCA. It is a lame reason and some coaches threatened not to coach the school if the teachers don't heed their advices.

This is why parents protest that in top schools accepts many weak sports students through DSA program. AGO just need to review the acceptance of these students who hardly won anything respectable in their primary school but these are rich kids, so nobody will touch them.

Flagged sports include fencing, water polo, bowling, racket games and team sports.

 

[Chase]

Then you will ask, since the rich kids are weaker players and Sports-CCA hours and training are long, wouldn't these rich parents worry that their children's studies will be affected?

Again, bear in mind that these are rich kids protected by the coaches. They will not be made to practice as hard or as many hours since they are merely recruited to be sparing opponents of the truly-qualified students. Many started to skip practices after sec 1, and they are untouchables. They will have plenty of time to study.

Secondary School Sports in Singapore are dirty because of DSA.

 

[blackmondy]

Investigation will drag on and on until everybody forgets about it, then chop-chop close case.

 

[borom]

The whole system is flawed .
If your kid need to apply through the DSA route , it means he is academically not good enough for that particular school .
He will suffer even more because he is already lagging behind his school mates in his studies and by making him spend more hours on CCA (by representing the school) , his will have even less time to study.
This system is suitable only for elite sportsmen who represent the country and stay in a boarding school with a carefully planned system eg in the SSS or receive sport scholarship to tertiary institutions.
Anyway what's the point of going to a so called good school when many of the the good jobs goes to foreigners.
How many of these CECA, PRC's, Pinoys come from the top schools in their country.?

 

[A Singaporean]

Corruption again

 

[laksaboy]

Daft Sinkies should send their brats to a nearby neighbourhood school, preferably within walking distance. Saves time and money on commute.

Do all your bragging after PSLE, assuming your brat is smart enough to get a good score on his/her merit.

 

[Chase]

Why never groom more locals?​

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According to the Ministry of Education (MOE), Filipino students who are in Grade 9 and above "will have opportunities to broaden their horizons and develop important skills such as leadership, communication and other life skills" through the ASEAN Scholarship.

The program is looking for students who are born between Jan. 2, 2008 to Jan. 1, 2011, are currently in Grade 9 or above, and are proficient in English.

The scholarship is valid for 4 years from Secondary 3 to Pre-University 2, leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level certificate or similar qualification. It can be renewed each year based on the scholar’s performance in school.

In addition, the offer comes with an annual allowance with hostel accommodation, a settling-in allowance, return economy airfare, school fees, one-time examination fees for GCE O-Level and A-Level, and subsidized medical benefits and insurance cover for accidents.

Interested students may send in their application online starting Jan. 8 to Feb. 24, 2024.

https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/778215-asean-scholarship-in-singapore-2024?page=2

 

[Chase]

do the ASEAN scholars study mother tongue in Singapore?

If we give mother-tongue exemption or make it optional, many local students will score even higher.

Singapore DSA students don't even get these benefits:
KNN, why we cannot absorb exam fees for our own Singapore children
KNN, why we still need to pay school fees in JC, Uni and poly
KNN, why we don't give insurance coverage for our kids for accidents
KNNBCCB, our own children travel so far to JC, Poly and Uni and then these ASEAN kids can stay in hostels within or near school compounds for free.
KNNBPCB, then our own boys have to serve NS while these scholars fuck their girlfriends in university.

lanjiao country

 

[Chase]

Look at the JC cut-off points now, you can't blame the parents for panicking
Only a few JCs accepts students with double-digits L1R5 cut-off points. Even NYJC is now 5-6 points. almost A1 for every subject

Why? Because we shut down/merged several JCs in the past decade but our population increased by more than a million every decade. Then we continued to increase intake of foreign students. Of course, nothing wrong to go poly, but the cut-off points are so crazy these days.

 

[Chase]

Expensive Private Enrichment Classes

In a similar situation, after raising my kids in Primary schools, i concluded that MOE 留一手 for private tuition centres to make money.

There is no way a child can get A* or AL1 in English, Maths or Science if they don't have private tuition or enrichment classes.

- There is always a competition or IQ (outside syllabus) question in each Maths or Science PSLE to separate the A* or AL1 students from the rest. These are things that your teachers wun teach you in schools.

- Your primary school teachers will also not teach your child the various strategies to write composition. Every child without tuition will just write what they think but other that intro-body-conclusion, their school teachers wun have time to each the kids how to spice up the story, time-management, plots, etc. No ordinary child will get A* or AL1 in PSLE English without such guidance.

So it differentiates the kids from poor and well-to-do families.

 

[Chase]

P1 Registration starts next week
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/primary-1-registration-for-2025-admission-to-start-on-july-2

If you are a mother, do you wonder why your husband or father (if you married a foreign man) served NS, yet you cannot get a spot for your child in your desired school, while children of numerous foreigners and new-citizens can?

 

[karizma]

Yes, Its true. Education in Singapore is known for being very demanding. Students face a lot of pressure to perform well in exams and handle a heavy workload. It’s not just about studying hard, it’s about managing time and stress too. I’ve seen how tough it can be, and sometimes getting a little help very important. That’s why I think sources like OnlinePaperHelp are really helpful. They support students with assignments, making study a bit easier to manage.

 

[Chase]

The Truth about Polytechnic Education

There are too much irrelevant modules in Polytechnic - life-skills, communications skills, internship, entreprenuership, MSoffice, UN Sustainability Goals, etc. If MOE requires JC students to do the same non-relevant modules, they would have no time to study for A-levels

Generally speaking, poly programmes are too slack, and a big waste of time (except a handful of rigorous ones like Architectural Studies). No doubt our polytechnics are better than most or all malaysian universities, MOE intentionally drags the course duration to 3 years to protect JC's market.

Imagine if the poly diploma is two years like JC, less students will be interested in JC which is purely academic and stressful.

Our poly programmes can be streamlined into 18 months, without the irrelevant, useless subjects and waste-of-time activities. While people may claim that this is what makes polytechnic education unique, it also makes sense for richer parents to send their kids to Australia, UK, Canada, NZ to pursue a 6-9months foundation programmes to gain direct entry into universities.

In a way, we are wasting resources and wasting student's time to provide jobs for the poly staff. Internship at this stage is also not meaningful because offers no tangible career progression (except specialised programmes like Nursing or Nautical Studies). Students might as well spend the long holidays to complete BMT in Army. In Australia, the duration of their TAFE Diploma (similar concept) which also comes with 1-year exemption in university, is only 18-24 months.

 

[steffychun]

Single truth: teachers suck.

 

[Chase]

Donations for Primary 1 Placements

Up to the latest Primary 1 and Sec 1 batch, foreigners are still welcomed to make donations to elite schools for enrollment.

Don't believe? ask the DG of Education School Fund.

 

[k1976]

Single truth: teachers suck.

Most local teachers cannot teach

I find a 2hr public lecture by Cavendish Lab Top Seated Prof Sir Richard Friend is much more enlightening than 2 samsters in NTU for microelectronics.

https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/friendr

Machiam like learn 洪七公降龙十八掌 vs 江南七怪

 

[Balls2U]

Single truth: teachers suck.

That explains why I never paid attention in class all the 10 years of my schooling life. Lessons are so damn fucking boring!

 

[tobelightlight]

anyone wanna do an Iris Koh in this education fraud? dun just talk here, take action. Talk so much in front of the pc also no use. I truly believe that quality post and following only goes to a forum where people take action like Iris Koh. I make quality posts in Iris Koh social media if i make it at times cos i know she has integrity in taking the govt accountable.

What about here? talk only?

 

[Chase]

A China dog and a Singapore dog were visiting an American dog.

The American dog told them that in America, if you barked long enough, owners would give you meat. The China dog asked "what's meat?

The Singapore dog asked "what's bark...??"

- an old Ronald Reagan joke