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 RESULTSPercentage of 5 or more ‘O’ level passes

Eligibility for Higher Institution

EligibleAt Least

JC CI PolyITE H NITEC

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

GCE ‘N’ Level Exams4 years N(A) Course

2 years ITE Direct Entry Scheme3

(DES) to Higher Nitec 10 weeks

Prep Programme

Pathways for N(A) Students

GCE ‘O’ Level Exams 1 year S5N5

3 years Polytechnic

2 years ITE

Nitec2

2 years ITE Higher Nitec

1

3 yearsNAFA/ LaSalle

3 years Polytechnic

1 year Foundation Programme4

2 years poly

2 years JC/

3 years CI

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 passes3 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 Info-Communications Technology programmes.

• To apply to Business and Services, the eligibility is EL ≤ 3 and MA ≤ 4.

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

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

Students Teachers

Parents

School Structures

& Programmes

Attitudes

Beliefs

Efforts

Time

Commitment

Support, Guidance, Encouragement

Semester 1

• CCA will stand down in mid-April• Submission of Coursework

• Mid-Year Examination 2 May 2012• June Holidays Supplementary Lessons in Week 1

and Week 4

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

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