I have not read Dr Lee Wei Ling’s article and don’t quite understand how this works. Does that mean if student A scores 260 and student B scores 255, both put School X as 1st choice (school X is top school within a Band of schools), A is rejected while B (from a lower socio economic background) is ...

“With lower entry scores, a bigger pool of students has a chance to gain entry into a top school.” Hi, I think what Ms. Lim means by 'bigger pool' is a wider pool of students coming from various cross sections of society. This is similar to what Dr Lee Wei Ling suggested some time ago where student...

Thanks for the clarification. DSA, as I mentioned, is beneifitting not only GEP kids but also Mainstream bright kids. If DSA is one of her discontentments on GEP, then I'm of the view she is not presenting a fair opinion, since there are mainstream kids who benefitted from DSA. I don't have any par...

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Is it true that there is a lower secondary entry requirement for those in the GEP? I assume DSA is out of the picture since Ms Lim didn't mention that.

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Sorry, I am confused here... Is the passage you quoted targetting at GEP or the entire education system? Sorry..I should have quoted the entire article... :smile: Ms. Lim was referring to 1) P1 registration for alumni 2) Secondary school entry for GEP 3) Secondary school entry for affiliated primar...

...no one can fault rich parents for using the resources at their disposal to help their offspring stay ahead of the pack. The danger, of course, is that over time, inequality begets greater inequality. The cycle of advantage becomes structural, as does the cycle of disadvantage . Those who criticis...

The question however though is, should we continue to shower these privileges in terms of DSA after PSLE and in JC admissions even at the expense of a bright non-GEP kid who has proved herself to be better than a GEP kid in the only national exam that she is even allowed to compete with GEP kids? O...

..... Do not make the mistake of thinking that by being in the GEP the child's PSLE will be easier. ... I know of P3 child in P4 GEP this year answering RGS P6 English prelim in 2012 (when he is 9) and scoring >90% and saying he is bored of GEP English already! .... ...There are also some last year...

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A small twist to the "based on merit" posting though....from this year's grey book... 7.2 In situations where there are two or more pupils with the same rounded aggregate score vying for the last place in a school, they will be posted based on their citizenship status (i.e. Singapore citizens, then ...