Taking steps back?

[Watwheels]

Aiya, just rename all the schools to the same name. Eg. Singapore Primary school, Singapore Secondary school, Singapore JC etc etc.

[Alpha78]

Long overdue move. The bed to population ratio has remained stagnant for a good many years while the population started to increase significantly from 2002. Even if the number of patients warded has not seen an appreciable increase, the healthcare system is evidently showing signs of strain.

 

The other day I was at KTPH and I saw a standing poster on display, saying their wards are full, and patients may need to wait for a bed. And mind you, this sign is not a cheapo sign, but one with self-rolling container and stand. Looks like the hospital is perpetually operating at max load.

[Zze121]

Nowadays things change very fast, human r $ driven.

Education policies is like long term investment, result is slow and impact is huge, something that cannot be corrected over night.

[Happily1986]

The other day I was at KTPH and I saw a standing poster on display, saying their wards are full, and patients may need to wait for a bed. And mind you, this sign is not a cheapo sign, but one with self-rolling container and stand. Looks like the hospital is perpetually operating at max load.

 

KBW that time already apologise and admit that it was oversight to have delayed constructing KTPH by 2 years. Efforts to build Woodlands General Hospital should quickly be underway.

[RadX]

KBW that time already apologise and admit that it was oversight to have delayed constructing KTPH by 2 years. Efforts to build Woodlands General Hospital should quickly be underway.

 

i need to ramp up my collection svc also..if too many horpital all over the island [bigcry]

[Jman888]

so long they advertise those achievers from which school and the percentage of passes, it will never ends. parents will have their own sets of top school.

 

i don think they are getting to the root of so call school "branding"

 

 

if you are looking at current or next 5 years, maybe. Hope the change will come, as some mentioned mixing student and better teacher for weaker student, focus and recognise the other talent of a student.

 

neighborhood schools with the right team of principal and teachers, the student can be as motivated as the branded schools. Hopefully no more teachers doing funny things or making funny remark, or making fool of themselves.

 

[Jman888]

ok probably take one generate to see some impact

 

I read somewhere before, i think it was in a commentary column written by former Head of Civil Service, Ngiam Tong Dow. He mentioned that tweaking education policies a different ball game to tweaking fiscal policies. The latter, you can feel the impact/feedback and finetune through positive/negative feedback loops about 1 or 2 Quarters later. However for education policies, it is not so soon for you to see the effects emerge. More often than not, you need to wait till the affected cohort graduate from their academic career and move into the workplace then you can compare with previous (unaffected) cohorts to see whether the policy is good or bad. A ballpark figure for that waiting time is 50 years.

 

[Vid]

Does it mean that any kid can apply to previously impossible schools like Raffles, Catholic, etc...??? If not then that is not scraping. It just under table transaction

[Altivo]

The next change will have to be MOH re public hospitals, beds, waiting time and doctor-population ratio.

 

They're now building more public hospitals, renting beds as interim, setting up more medical schools at NUS, NTU and new unis built, created (US-alike) MD program at Dukes-NUS, more polyclinics and homes for the aged, lower health care costs (a la Obama-care), ICU opt-out, raising standards of palliative treatment and care.

 

Again good move in the right direction, good for our next generation.

 

Maybe remove the quota as well? I mean, it's kind of ironic that the health industry keeps complaining about the lack of doctors and yet, there is a cap on the number of medical students admitted to NUS each year.

[Neost]

I hope the next to change is streaming. What's wrong mixing the good and not so good students together...allowing everyone to look out and help each other? The good can attended 'special' classes (if they want to learn extra things or something more advance) after the usual school hours and the no so good can get help in remedial classes. Give everyone X-number of chances to re-take their PSLE if they fail.

 

There must be some form of streaming. The main thing is to ensure teacher can go at a pace that is comfortable to all. If the ability band is too huge, how you want the teacher to teach? Following the slowest learner and the average and above students will find the lesson bore. Follow the fastest leaner and the bottom half will find the lesson bore. So, at the end, no body learns anything.

 

I did a short stint as a relief teacher in a pri 2 class years back. It a class that has not been stream yet. Bottom 25% can't even write A to Z. You tell me, how to teach?

[Altivo]

There must be some form of streaming. The main thing is to ensure teacher can go at a pace that is comfortable to all. If the ability band is too huge, how you want the teacher to teach? Following the slowest learner and the average and above students will find the lesson bore. Follow the fastest leaner and the bottom half will find the lesson bore. So, at the end, no body learns anything.

 

I did a short stint as a relief teacher in a pri 2 class years back. It a class that has not been stream yet. Bottom 25% can't even write A to Z. You tell me, how to teach?

 

primary 2 and they can't write A - Z? This is serious man

[Jman888]

primary 2 and they can't write A - Z? This is serious man

 

 

some spend $1800 per month in kindergarten, some dun even go pre-school

[Altivo]

some spend $1800 per month in kindergarten, some dun even go pre-school

 

I read before an article in ST many months back. It was on a study done in US on social classes. The conclusion is that the poor (bottom 10% of the society) have a 20% chance of breaking out to the next income level. But they have a 56% chance of remaining where they are - being poor. The rich (top 10%) have a 52% probability of remaining rich or become even richer. They also have a 30% chance of falling down to the middle income level.

 

Seems like it be reasonable to apply the same assumptions to this pre-school context.

[Ben5266]

i need to ramp up my collection svc also..if too many horpital all over the island [bigcry]

should be.. more hospital... people live longer. less business for you.

[Neost]

primary 2 and they can't write A - Z? This is serious man

 

bro, don't assume all going to primary one already solid solid can count 1 to 10 and write A to Z. You will be surprise by the big gap in their ability.

 

That's why I am sceptical about the change in teaching and testing of primary english starting with next year pri 4. I think the good ones will do much better and the below average ones will end up worse. And the gap is going to get bigger

 

Personally, I think schools should instill values like discipline, perserverance, hard work, respectfulness etc. These are the values that are much more important than how many As and A stars.

 

[Altivo]

bro, don't assume all going to primary one already solid solid can count 1 to 10 and write A to Z. You will be surprise by the big gap in their ability.

 

That's why I am sceptical about the change in teaching and testing of primary english starting with next year pri 4. I think the good ones will do much better and the below average ones will end up worse. And the gap is going to get bigger

 

Personally, I think schools should instill values like discipline, perserverance, hard work, respectfulness etc. These are the values that are much more important than how many As and A stars.

 

Ya man. Just that i was shocked that Pri 2 kids can't spell A-Z. If they are Pri 1, i can understand that.

[Adrianli]

The other day I was at KTPH and I saw a standing poster on display, saying their wards are full, and patients may need to wait for a bed. And mind you, this sign is not a cheapo sign, but one with self-rolling container and stand. Looks like the hospital is perpetually operating at max load.

 

Yeah, KTPH is seriously overloaded. The other time I was sent to A&E there, they got no beds. Lucky my bro manage to get me a day bed. After 3-4hrs on drips, doc discharge me cos next patient wana use the bed. But doc gave me 5day MC to rest at home.

[Jman888]

this has got to do how the child brain been develop due to the environment (of been poor and not expose to any form of learning), hence will not achieve the full potential and remain less well being.

 

So when you start scolding people from 3rd world country that they need 5 people to do a one person's job, this was the reason.

 

I read before an article in ST many months back. It was on a study done in US on social classes. The conclusion is that the poor (bottom 10% of the society) have a 20% chance of breaking out to the next income level. But they have a 56% chance of remaining where they are - being poor. The rich (top 10%) have a 52% probability of remaining rich or become even richer. They also have a 30% chance of falling down to the middle income level.

 

Seems like it be reasonable to apply the same assumptions to this pre-school context.