MEET THE PARENTS SESSION P4 WELCOME TO RGPS

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SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
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Type of Programmes Offered

• Integrated Programme (IP)
• Mainstream Secondary Education GCE O N
  level exams

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Integrated Programme (IP)

• RI, RGS, HCI, NYGH, ACS(I), RVHS, Dunman
• NJC, TJC, VJC
• NUS High School of M/S
• SOTA

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SPECIALISED INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

• Singapore Sports School
• www.sportsschool.edu.sg
• NUS High School for Maths and Science
• www.highsch.nus.edu.sg
• School for the Arts
• www.sota.edu.sg
• School of Science Technology (new)

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2) Option Form Format

• 6 school choices
• Arts/Music Elective Programme
• 3rd Language (French/German/Japanese/MSP/CSP/Bahas
  a Indonesia/Arabic)
• E/NA option and NA/NT option

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OptionForm
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S1 Internet System

• S1 Pin will be given together with the PSLE
  results.
• Can be done using any computer with internet
  access.

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Programmes / Options for selected students

• (I) Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent
  Schools (EESIS)
• (II) Advisory letter to advise students to opt
  for SAP schools
• (III) Arts/Music Elective Programme
• (IV) 3rd Language
• (V) E/NA option and NA/NT option

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(I) Edusave Entrance Scholarships for
Independent Schools (EESIS)

• Singapore Citizens with outstanding performance
  will be invited to apply for the Edusave Entrance
  Scholarships for Independent Schools (EESIS)
• If interested, students should opt for
  Independent Schools among their six choices
• EESIS will be awarded to the student if she was
  invited, opted and posted to an independent
  School

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(II) Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Schools

• Top 10 cohort with CL
• Top 11-30 cohort who meet the following
  criteria,
• CL A Or
• HCL at least a Merit
• Bonus Points for admission to SAP schools

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(III) Arts / Music Elective Prog

• For Express course students, they may indicate
  the choice in the option form if interested
• Eligible to take up the programme provided they
  are posted to the schools offering the programme

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(IV) 3rd Languages (For Top 10
Students with Mother Tongue)
ARABIC
JAPANESE
FRENCH
BAHASA INDONESIA
GERMAN
Malay/Chinese Special Programme
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(V) Option Bands

• Students in the E/NA or NA/NT Bands are allowed
  to indicate the course of preference
• By default, it is Express for E/NA band and NA
  for NA/NT band

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Verification Slip
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• Posting Method

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• Posting Method
• By Merit
• By Choice

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Rank all PSLE students by their PSLE Scores
By Merit
285
284
263
240 and below
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By Choice
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Option For Student A (Non-GEP)Eligible
forEESIS
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After 6 choices
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Important Pointers

• Assign a proxy if you will not be in Spore
  during the period when PSLE results are released

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Factors to consider in choosing the 6 schools
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• Choose schools that are comparable
• to your childs academic ability
• Reference
• - Childs academic performance in school
• Secondary schools cut-off scores in
• previous year

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• Childs personality / character
• Distance
• School programmes and school
• culture
• Affiliated schools

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PSLE T-SCORE
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PSLE - a placement exam

• Need to reflect the relative achievement level of
  pupils within their peers.
• Places pupils into different courses according to
  their academic ability
• Enables posting to secondary schools by merit and
  as far as possible into a school of their choice.

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The PSLE Aggregate Score

• incorporates performance of pupils in all 4
  subjects
• allows pupils to be ranked fairly

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What is T-Score?

• It gives the relative position of a pupils
  performance as compared to the performance of all
  the other pupils in that subject

• The raw mark obtained in the exam only shows how
  good the pupil is in that subject, not how good
  he is as compared to others

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How is T-Score calculated for each subject?
Y)
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(X


10


50


T
Z
where X pupils mark for the
subject Y average mark (mean) scored by all
pupils Z spread of marks around the
average mark
(standard deviation)
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Example

• Pupils mark (X) in exam 50.0
• Average mark (Y) scored by all pupils
  68.0
• Spread of marks (Z) around the average mark (Y)
  14.0

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How is the Aggregate Score calculated?
By adding the T-Scores of the 4 subjects
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Example
Subject
Total
Mark
T-Score
EL1
200
105
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CL2
200
152
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Maths
100
67
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Science
100
58
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Aggregate
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