National Junior College (Junior High)

[kiasuson]

Here are some information given by the Principal and information booklet:


1. There will be 150 vacancies for next year Sec 1.
2. They have offered about 50% to the DSA. Some of the DSA students have multiple offers. So you might look at about 60% to 70% available.
3. The class sizes will not be more than 25.
4. They will increase year to 200 in year 2010 and 250 in year 2011. They also indicate that they do not have sufficient classroom yet and will be building for the next 2 years. The Senior High student(Year 5 and 6) might need to study in the containers.
5. Base on history, their students PSLE averages is above 250. This is also the averages for IP Students. Base on this, we can estimate the cut off point.
6. During the first 2 years, the students can try all the CCA in the college. They can switch every 6 months. By year 3, they will have to choose one.
7. Their curriculum is also different. They do not believe in text books and will follow college style with Notes and Lettures. But they have personal mentors.
8. They curriculum is also base on modules which is quite smiliar to NUS High.
9. They are good at Science and have a lot of projects/research with univerities around the world.
10. The other focus is on leadership and arts.

[kiasuson]

Sorry I forget to add.


Their IP programe will include a broading programe. According to the information, the Junior High student (Year 1 to Year 4) will have to spend one term per year at the broading house. The broading house is newly build and is still expanding.

[Vanilla Cake]

Hi kiasuson,


Thank you very much for your detailed & useful information.

Assuming 60% of the remaining vacancies out of a total of 150 are available for S1 posting exercise and minus half (estimate) that are for boys, 45 vacancies would be left for girls. Also need to consider staying at boarding house for one term per year and the traveling time to NJC from my home ( 1 hour plus). :?

Warmest regards.

[kiasuson]

I have the same problem with the distance (staying in the east) and the broading programe. My son is offered a place from the DSA. We are now trying to make the decision on the schools. He needs to make his choices for the DSA by 30th Oct. His other choices is Dunman High (confirmed offer) and RI (waiting list). He wants RI to be his first choice and do not know which school to be his second choices in case he cannot make it to RI.


My heart tell me to go NJC but my wife says Dunman High.

May be someone can give us some advise or guidance?

[xhxie]

I had same problem last year. My son was put on HCI waiting list and got confirmed offer from River Valley but when we filled in the DSA option form, we chose only HCI based on my son’s estimation of his PSLE performance.


Reason is this: If we put RVHS as the second choice and he failed to get a place in HCI, he would be posted to River Valley High no matter how high he score in PSLE. Of course we can appeal to MOE to request a school transfer after get my son’s PSLE result but it is still troublesome.

Risk for this option is : if he is not chosen by HCI through DSA and his PSLE score not match RVHS’s cut off score, he will miss both schools.

[kiasuson]

Thanks for sharing. My son is quite confidence with his PSLE result. But from the past experience, he is not very consistence. This is base on his own standards as he is not the top 10 students in the school.


We will share with him the options and let him decide. We are also thinking of the option of school transfer if his results is very good. The chances of getting in by school transfer should be quite high as he was in the waiting list of the school.

Anyway, we are very happy if he can get in any of the 3 schools.

[lizawa]

kiasuson:

We are also thinking of the option of school transfer if his results is very good. The chances of getting in by school transfer should be quite high as he was in the waiting list of the school.

I don't know the exact procedures to get a transfer if the child gets a confirmed offer from a school but becos' of higher PSLE scores and wish to participate in the normal MOE Sec 1 Posting. According to a parent I know, you have to go to the school which has given you an offer, and ask them to \"release you\". Then, you go to MOE to get permission to participate in the posting exercise.

[kiasuson]

Thanks lizawa.


We have spoken to RI and understand the proccess. They have given us some guidance. RI is quite professional, they have been sending my son greeting cards signed by the headmaster before the PSLE and also updates about the merger with RJC.

[lizawa]

kiasuson:

Thanks lizawa.


We have spoken to RI and understand the proccess. They have given us some guidance. RI is quite professional, they have been sending my son greeting cards signed by the headmaster before the PSLE and also updates about the merger with RJC.

Hi kiasuon,

Can you share with us what did RI say about the transfer process ?

[kiasuson]

RI has a supplementary intake exercise after the posting.


http://www.ri.sch.edu.sg/en/special/psle-central-posting-and-supplementary-intake-exercises.html

I am not sure about the other schools.