bridesep:

Does anyone have experience or know anything about RI's domain test for Chinese?

hi, how did your DS find the domain test for Chinese? How many people were taking the test? Thank you. Hope your DS will be successful in his DSA

sembgal:

Has anyone bought 2012 P3/P4 2012 past year exam papers from Jeremy (home delivery)? How much does it cost? May I have Jeremy's contact number? Thanks.


Anyone can help? Thanks!

Jeremy contact numbers:
9851 8226
9851 8229
9385 8586
9021 6478

For orders of Top School Past Year Papers (2012), include primary and secondary schools. Free home delivery.

Hi sembgal, thank you so much!

peterc:

buds:

[quote=\"tisha\"]

Is the one available in Peace center the same as the 'Jeremy' ones?
I recently saw in CCK (outside Lot1) For P6 - 3 subjects(maths, science,english) was $53. Can also be delivered home.
When I called for home delvery they charged me $50 for same P6 - 3 subjects. Not sure if -$3 was new year discount

Yes, tisha! I buy mine from Lot 1 too! Convenient lar.. :celebrate:
Jeremy's contact number is inside each set you purchase... and
currently they offer cheaper if you buy all subjects.

One subject $26 and all subjects $45 for P4 level.

Has anyone bought 2012 P3/P4 2012 past year exam papers from Jeremy (home delivery)? How much does it cost? May I have Jeremy's contact number? Thanks.[/quote]Anyone can help? Thanks!

buds:

tisha:

[quote=\"plum-cake\"]
They are available at Peace center 2010 one subject is 25$, 2009 english 18, math 22. all three together 65

Is the one available in Peace center the same as the 'Jeremy' ones?
I recently saw in CCK (outside Lot1) For P6 - 3 subjects(maths, science,english) was $53. Can also be delivered home.
When I called for home delvery they charged me $50 for same P6 - 3 subjects. Not sure if -$3 was new year discount

Yes, tisha! I buy mine from Lot 1 too! Convenient lar.. :celebrate:
Jeremy's contact number is inside each set you purchase... and
currently they offer cheaper if you buy all subjects.

One subject $26 and all subjects $45 for P4 level.[/quote]Has anyone bought 2012 P3/P4 2012 past year exam papers from Jeremy (home delivery)? How much does it cost? May I have Jeremy's contact number? Thanks.

Any recommendation for a good table tennis coach for primary school kid around Toa Payoh/ Bishan area? Thanks!

coast:

MP Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar said in Parliament on 21 Oct 2011 \"We need to bring our students' learning away from tuition teachers and tuition centres, that tend to regard education as a commodity, and back into our schools where teachers are there because they see education as a necessity. To them, teaching is a calling where they care and they believe they can lead and inspire our students.\"


http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1160987/1/.html

Anyone knows whether there is any MOE follow-up to what Dr Intan said?

Just came across an article \"Tuition We Don’t Have to Believe In\", while I do not agree with some points in the article, there are quite a number of valid points raised. There is also a lengthy comment by a JC1 student in response to the article, I quote some of the points here (entire article can be found in the link below):-

The problem with education is that tuition is forcing standards upwards, requiring students to take even more tuition courses in order to compete with their peers.

When schools find that a larger-than-expected number students are exceeding the benchmarks set, they might conclude that their benchmarks are too low, and they can afford to push their students further, and hence they might raise the difficulty of their tests until the number of students exceeding the benchmarks returns to more normal levels. This is likely due to a belief that harder tests will prepare students better for the various standardised exams they must sit for (PSLE, N’s/O’s, A’s), and that by having their students do better for these exams the school becomes more competitive and prestigious, as well as receiving awards from the government.

Hence, in this case, an increase in the level of expenditure on tuition services may lead to a rise in the academic standards of a particular batch of students, but this rise may in turn lead to the schools raising the difficulty of their tests even further, leading to more students receiving “poor” results and hence driving parents to spend more on tuition in order to ensure their child has a shot at entering the “elite” who receive scholarships and other rewards for good academic performance, and hence a vicious cycle of expenditure and raising of standards in response to expenditure.

Food for thought?

http://guanyinmiao.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/tuition-we-dont-have-to-believe-in/

Indeed more and more people are taking tuition. Interesting article, thanks for the link.

concern:

I do not mind sending my gal for weekday evening class but I can only make it if the class start from 7.30pm onwards.

Hi concern, are you looking at P1/P2 level? quirkymum mentioned they are opening up a class on Sat afternoon, 2.15 pm - 4.15 pm. Will you be interested?

Hi all, I also need referral details at TAS East branch. Thanks!

Hi, I need a referral too for TAS Paya Lebar just in case I sign up my boy … thanks.