Transcript Dialogue with Parents of Sec 4N Classes

Sec 4N Parents-Teacher
Meeting
Friday, 09 March 2012
Overview
Part I
The Journey So Far: 2011 Results
Part II
The Road Ahead: Educational Pathways
Part III
From Here to There: What Does it Take?
PART I: THE JOURNEY SO FAR
2011 GCE ‘O’ LEVEL
EXAM RESULTS
5N GCE ‘O’ LEVEL RESULTS
Percentage of 5 or more ‘O’ level
passes
Eligibility for Higher Institution
At Least
Eligible
ITE H
NITEC
JC
CI
Poly
4 Exp
80.1%
95.5%
98.7%
100%
5 NA
19.0%
56.9%
93.1%
100%
2011 NA LEVEL
EXAM RESULTS
Promotion to 5NA
Year
Beatty
National
2007
81.0
72.5
2008
74.2
73.2
2009
73.6
71.1
2010
72.0
70.9
2011
83.7
72.9
2011 NT LEVEL
EXAM RESULTS
Passed 3 Subjects
Year
Beatty
National
2009
75.0
87.3
2010
86.4
88.2
2011
95.9
88.7
Passed EL + Mathematics
Year
Beatty
National
2009
37.5
47.4
2010
61.5
52.1
2011
62.2
52.5
PART II: THE ROAD AHEAD
Pathways for N(A) Students
2 years
JC/
3 years
CI
3 years
NAFA/
LaSalle
3 years Polytechnic
2 years
poly
3 years
Polytechnic
1 year Foundation
Programme4
2 years ITE
Higher Nitec
1
2 years ITE
Nitec2
2 years ITE Direct
Entry Scheme3
(DES) to Higher Nitec
10 weeks
Prep Programme
GCE ‘O’ Level Exams
1 year S5N5
GCE ‘N’ Level Exams
4 years N(A) Course
Eligibility Criteria:
1 ELR1B3 (O-Levels) [for Accounting & Business courses] / ELR2B2 (O-Levels) [for S&T courses]
2 Two O-Level passes / Three N-Level passes
3 EL ≤ 4, MA ≤ 4, ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels) [for Applied Sciences, Engineering, Info-Communications Technology] / EL ≤ 3, MA ≤ 4, ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels) [for Business &
Services]
4 EL ≤ 3, MA ≤ 3, ELMAB3 ≤ 11 (N-Levels) [for courses in Annex A1] / EL ≤ 2, MA ≤ 3, ELMAB3 ≤ 11 (N-Levels) [for courses in Annex A2]
5 ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels)
Criteria for Promotion from
4N(A) to 5N(A)
• MOE has changed the criteria since 2009
• They must now do well in a range of subjects
Promotion Criteria
• EL & MA ≤ 5
• ELMAB3 ≤ 19
Additional Pathways for Sec 4N(A)
ITE-Direct Entry Scheme (DES)
Sec 4N(A) students who do well (≤ 19 pts) for
ELMAB3 with at least a grade 4 in Math and EL
can enrol directly for a Higher Nitec course at
ITE
Additional Pathways for Sec 4N(A)
Polytechnic Foundation Programme
• Offered to the top 10% of the cohort with EMB3
11 points or better.
• English and Maths must be at least a B3 for
eligibility into Engineering, Science and
Technical related courses.
• At least a B2 in English for admission into
Business courses.
Additional Pathways for Sec 4N(A)
Direct-Entry-Scheme-to-Polytechnic
• Builds on the ITE Direct-Entry-Scheme (DES) which was
introduced in 2008.
• It caters to students in the top 10th-percentile to 30th
percentile of the Sec 4N(A) cohort, i.e. the 20% after the
top 10% qualifying to apply for the Polytechnic FP.
• Need to obtain an ELMAB3 (English, Math, Best 3
Subjects) raw aggregate score of 19 points or better
• In addition, the EL ≤ 4 and MA ≤ 4, to be eligible to apply
to Applied Sciences, Engineering and InfoCommunications Technology programmes.
• To apply to Business and Services, the eligibility is EL ≤ 3
and MA ≤ 4.
Pathways for Sec 4N(T) students
Admission Criteria to ITE NITEC Courses
• Each course has different entry
requirements
• Admission is merit-based, and based
on aggregate of best 4 N level subjects
including pre-requisite subjects
Pathways for Sec 4N(T) students
Sec 4N(T) students may be considered for a
lateral transfer to Sec 4N(A) if they meet the
following criteria in their Sec 4 NT exam:
• Grade A for both EL and MA + Grade B or better
for one other subject
PART III: FROM HERE TO THERE
What Does it Mean?
• What do you want? Where do you want to
go?
• Dialogue with your Parents & Teachers
• Monitoring
• Practice
• Sacrifices
TEAM A
Teachers
Students
Attitudes
Beliefs
Efforts
School
Structures
&
Programmes
Parents
Support, Guidance,
Encouragement
Time
Commitment
Semester 1
• CCA will stand down in mid-April
• Submission of Coursework
Level
Subject
Deadline
4 NA
ART
25 May 2012
4NT
ART
5 April 2012
4NA & 4NT
D&T
27 July 2012
4NT
CPA & EBS
End of Term 2 2012
• Mid-Year Examination 2 May 2012
• June Holidays Supplementary Lessons in Week 1
and Week 4
Semester 2
•
•
•
•
GCE ‘N’ EL Oral 03 July
GCE ‘N’ MTL Oral 23 July
4N Preliminary Examination 06 August
GCE ‘N’ Written Examination 03 Sept &
01 October
• GCE ‘NT’ CPA Practical 11 Sept
Countdown to N Levels
• 6 months (counting from April – Sep)
• 183 days
• Divided by an average of 6 subjects
• Each subject has on average 30 days
• If each subject has 10 topics
• Each topic only has 3 days
The Carpenter’s Story
What will it Be?
Thank You