Mother tongue weighting in PSLE could be cut

[MarrickG]

I wonder if they are doing this because Chinese is getting less important or because many of our elites' children cannot do well in the subject?

THE high weighting given to mother tongue languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is now under review and could be reduced.

Education Minister Ng Eng Hen says his ministry is studying whether it is educationally sound for mother tongue language performance to count for so much at the Primary 6 level.

'The worry is whether it could exclude someone from progressing in his educational pathway even if he did well in other subjects,' said Dr Ng in an interview with The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao.

http://news.asiaone.com/News/the+Straits+Times/Story/A1Story20100421-211509.html

 

[tonychat]

i think english is to be cut as well, sinkie cannot speak well of it anyway.

 

[Sideswipe]

Ng Eng Hen could sympathize with those children that cannot speak Chinese well because he cannot speak Chinese too.

think George Yeo speak better Chinese than Ng and you can't get any lower than that.

 

[makapaaa]

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Education Minister Ng Eng Hen says his ministry is studying whether it is educationally sound for mother tongue language performance to count for so much at the Primary 6 level. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN

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THE high weighting given to mother tongue languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is now under review and could be reduced.
Education Minister Ng Eng Hen says his ministry is studying whether it is educationally sound for mother tongue language performance to count for so much at the Primary 6 level.
'The worry is whether it could exclude someone from progressing in his educational pathway even if he did well in other subjects,' said Dr Ng in an interview with The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
Mother tongue languages now carry the same weight - 25 per cent - as the three other examinable subjects, English, mathematics and science. The combined aggregate score taken from the grades of the four subjects is used for entry into secondary school.
For years, parents have complained their children who excelled in all other subjects except mother tongue have lost out on a place in top secondary schools. Some have even ended up in the Normal stream for academically weaker pupils.
A mother tongue language review is now under way that will take into account the prior backgrounds of pupils and devise customised approaches. It will be completed by the end of the year.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_517143.html

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[makapaaa]

And when it comes to uni admission, Engrish proficiency donch count if you're an FTrash. In fact, you'll be given a free scholarship with a decent living allowance to boot the more lan your Engrish is. And when it comes to the job market, you'll be given priority if you're an FTrash with a fake degree. Thank you, 66% GOONDUS!

 

[makapaaa]

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The S-Pass is automatically approved by computer, depending on what those FTs fill in. You think FTs care about statutory declarations? End up, we have 1 whole bunch of nonsense FTs with dubious degrees all got S-pass, and with thatm they bring in their parents, families etc...
This is all the work of Hen...


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[lianbeng]

I wonder if they are doing this because Chinese is getting less important or because many of our elites' children cannot do well in the subject?

son to mom: mommy, teacher said want to cut ur tongue u know?