Primary school pupils with high academic potential can attend advanced after-school classes at one of 15 centres from 2027, as Singapore discontinues the Gifted Education Programme.

1. It perpetuates a culture and/or mentality of elitism which is not healthy for both parents and their children
2. Even if we disregard the above, it no longer serves its purpose as the author of this thread clearly stated, there currently exist many centres that intentionally prepare students for this examination

As for learning environment, he seems very keen on the learning, but not changing schools. In the briefing, we were told that the kids take an average of 6 months to adjust. Keeping our fingers crossed! Thank you again.

I guess if he goes, we just have to pray for the best. If most kids have said that it has been a rewarding experience, we just have to trust the system. Thank you again.

My kid’s journey was more than 6yrs ago. During that time, my concern was whether my kid could handle higher chinese. The grp teacher told me to have faith in geppers’ learning abilities. Check if your kid is keen to transit into a new learning environment and support him as best as you can. It has been a fulfilling and transforming journey for my boy.

My dd2 left gep quite some years ago but i remember the workload was heavy but interesting. DH usually had to help her finish up the balance so that she could go to sleep after 11pm.

As for bullying, even all girls schools also have bullying activities but in other forms like emotional bullying using words (aka bitching). Friend’s gep son chose to go all boys sch, some classmates ganged up against him because he likes to examine what’s inside the sewage drains. The matter was resolved by the form teacher. Kids are not malicious after all.

Most geppers are avid readers but I guess we cannot say all must be like that. Your son’s interest could be in numbers? General impression of gifted kids is that they have very good memory but mine is the opposite as she has problems retaining information in her brain. So gep kids are diverse in their own way.

On the whole, it was a fulfilling journey and I saw my dd2 blossomed in the gep program.

Our primary concerns are workload, peer pressure and potential bullying in an all-boys environment, be it amongst the GEP or mainstream cohort. Especially because he doesn’t seem particularly strong in any area, and nowhere near the ranks of mainstream over-achievers, let alone GEP over-achievers. Till now, we aren’t exactly sure how he got in to be honest.

May I ask -

1. Workload - Has the workload increased or decreased over the last few years? We hear rumours of GEP kids staying up till 11pm or even past midnight just to keep up with workload - is this true?

2. Are there tests every term, starting from the get-go in Primary 4 Term 1?

3. How often do the GEP kids stay back in school for compulsory after-school activities (not excluding CCA)?

4. Child doesn’t particularly like reading and we hear most GEP kids are avid readers. Seeing some of the posts here, it seems there is a long recommended reading list for GEP kids. Do the teachers expect all kids to finish the entire reading list?

Thank you in advance to parents for your wisdom and kind sharing.

Any P3 parents have received GEP screening round 1 results on Parents Gateway?

Are results coming out on 4 nov 24?

Caringsharing\" post_id=\"2134126\" time=\"1716338360\" user_id=\"143730:

Also, in general, how do gep kids do for psle?

Caringsharing\" post_id=\"2134126\" time=\"1716338360\" user_id=\"143730:

Also, in general, how do gep kids do for psle?

Caringsharing\" post_id=\"2134126\" time=\"1716338360\" user_id=\"143730:

Hi! Checking in with those parents whose kids have gone thru p6… does anyone know, for DSA, what’s the maximum AL overall for p5/6 GEP to be considered for DSA (academic) for top schools?

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2122217\" time=\"1699286771\" user_id=\"17023:

So NickleBee does have GEP prep class and conducted one-to-one by the principal?

I remember reading in KSP about some parents who shared about their rate for GEP prep, something like $125/hr and each lesson is 2hrs long. That’s $250 per lesson!

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2122217\" time=\"1699286771\" user_id=\"17023:

So NickleBee does have GEP prep class and conducted one-to-one by the principal?

I remember reading in KSP about some parents who shared about their rate for GEP prep, something like $125/hr and each lesson is 2hrs long. That’s $250 per lesson!

janil_\" post_id=\"2117269\" time=\"1692836085\" user_id=\"202620:

Parent of a gepper here.

Definitely surprised that NickleBee Tutors is not included in the list of GEP prep providers.

The principal is an ex-gepper. I was told that they have close to a 100% record of getting kids into the GEP.

Interestingly their GEP prep course is not advertised openly and interested parties must get a referral before going through an interview and selection test.

AFAIK, the NickleBee Tutors GEP prep course is conducted one-to-one by the principal. Rates are eye-popping and way out of my budget, so I signed up with Mind Stretcher instead.