With 70-80% of the students scoring A and A* for Mother Tongue compared to English Maths Science 42-43%, why is it necessary to cut the weightage for mother tongue?
Its because the ruling class's i.e. the top civil servants, the wealthy's interests are threatened.The ruling class cannot get their kids to top school. Some of these rich parents threaten Singaporeans that they will move their kids overseas if Singaporeans dont agree to their demands. Thats the kind of govt you get when the MPs dont stay in HDB flats.
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If you look at the past PSLE results, higher percentages of students
achieved A and A* and Passes in MT compared to English, Maths or
Science. Why then is MT viewed as hindering kids who excelled in all
other subjects to lose out on a place in top secondary schools?
------ 2009 -------
Subjects (A & A* %) (Pass %)
English ----- 43.9 ------- 97.5
Maths ------ 43.3 ------- 83.8
Science ---- 42.6 ------- 90.8
Chinese ---- 81.1 ------- 97.4
Malay ------- 72 ---------- 97.7
Tamil ------- 78.2 -------- 99
------ 2008 -------
Subjects (A & A* %) (Pass %)
English ----- 44.4 ------- 97.5
Maths ------ 43.5 ------- 83.1
Science ---- 43.3 ------- 90.9
Chinese ---- 81.4 ------- 98.1
Malay ------- 75.3 ------- 98.1
Tamil ------- 78.5 ------- 98.4
------ 2007 -------
Subjects (A & A* %) (Pass %)
English ----- 44.2 ------- 97.9
Maths ------ 44.0 ------- 83.2
Science ---- 42.6 ------- 90.2
Chinese ---- 81.1 ------- 97.9
Malay ------- 75.5 ------- 98.4
Tamil ------- 77.8 ------- 98.9
I gt A for Mother tongue, my frenz got A* for mother tongue.
But of Course! They are Sinkies too, voted and paid more Taxes then normal sinkies like you and me. Solution to this, let those independent elite Schools run their own programmes. If they think Mandarin is not important, let them massage their own teaching ways - years down the road we will see whats the impact of their decisions.
Potatoes? so be it. Leaving those with good Mother tongue having the advantage over these elites.
They have held back the move, citing many complaints sent to the press in recent weeks. LOL....