sec 4n parents-teacher meeting friday, 09 march 2012
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Sec 4N Parents-Teacher Meeting
Friday, 09 March 2012
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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?
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PART I: THE JOURNEY SO FAR
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2011 GCE ‘O’ LEVEL EXAM RESULTS
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5N GCE ‘O’ LEVEL RESULTSPercentage of 5 or more ‘O’ level passes
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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%
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2011 NA LEVEL EXAM RESULTS
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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
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2011 NT LEVEL EXAM RESULTS
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Passed 3 Subjects
Year Beatty National
2009 75.0 87.3
2010 86.4 88.2
2011 95.9 88.7
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Passed EL + Mathematics
Year Beatty National
2009 37.5 47.4
2010 61.5 52.1
2011 62.2 52.5
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PART II: THE ROAD AHEAD
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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)
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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PART III: FROM HERE TO THERE
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What Does it Mean?
• What do you want? Where do you want to go?
• Dialogue with your Parents & Teachers
• Monitoring
• Practice
• Sacrifices
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TEAM A
Students Teachers
Parents
School Structures
& Programmes
Attitudes
Beliefs
Efforts
Time
Commitment
Support, Guidance, Encouragement
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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
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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
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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
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The Carpenter’s Story
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What will it Be?
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Thank You