Having been staying in Singapore for nearly a month, I came to realize the education system of Singapore. There are many differences between Singapore and china when it comes to this question.
The primary education is divided into two parts, foundation stage and orientation stage, which is almost the same in China. After that, Singaporeans will have a leaving examination which decides whether they go to technical course or special course in their secondary education which takes four years to achieve. However, in China, the leaving examination is not important at all, a student can still go to junior high whatever marks he might get. Besides, we only have three years for junior high, then after a three-year senior high, students in China need to pass the college entrance exam having great influence on their future, because how good university they may enter absolutely depends on their marks. But in Singapore, things are different. Both students attending technical course and special course need to get GCE ‘O’ Level Examination if they want to go to Junior Colleges, which acquire three-year learning. After then they’ll have the GCE ‘A’ Level Examination, only passing that can students enter universities. However, there are also other choices. Students can go to ITE institutes then enter Polytechnics after which they attend universities; otherwise they may directly go for job hunting.
These are what I've got from this week’s learning. Basically, I think the two kinds of systems are pretty good, though there are still some points which need improving, such as expanding students’ knowledge about society apart from textbooks etc.
after reading your blog, I found you have already achieved preety Englisg writing skills. But as it is, the topic in this blog is not that interesting or inviting though we have learnt it and discussed it in class. so I suggest maybe you can try some points that can attact all our curiosity in your next blog. I Look forward to it.
ReplyDeleteHaha,our librarian sounds like a serious tutor so much.^^But his advice is reasonable and I agree with him.Maybe you can write something about your favourite stars.^^
ReplyDeleteAlthought what you write in your blog is familiar to us ,you convey it to us in your words.So great!
ReplyDeleteThe same opinion as my upstairs, upstairs's upstairs and upstairs's upstairs's upstairs.
ReplyDeleteThe very person on the "sofa" seems like tutor so much.I found the possibility that the author is becoming a professor in education to save our students in hunior high instead of a engineer in sg.
ReplyDeletePractice is essential but maybe it's not a so proper place~~ but anyway, goals having been determined to be the practice, let's start!
ReplyDelete"After that, Singaporeans will have a leaving examination which decides whether they go to technical course or special course in their secondary education which takes four years to achieve."
maybe better to say:
After that, Singaporeans will have a leaving examination deciding whether they go to technical course or special course in their four-year secondary education
"However, in China, the leaving examination is not important at all, a student can still go to junior high whatever marks he might get. "
I think you may leave out a conjunction word or accidently type the wrong punctuation.
"Besides, we only have three years for junior high, then after a three-year senior high, students in China need to pass the college entrance exam having great influence on their future, because how good university they may enter absolutely depends on their marks."
better change into:
Besides, we only have three years for junior high. Then after a three-year senior high, students in China need to take the college entrance exam greatly influencing their future, because which level of university they can enter heavily depends on their marks.
"Both students attending technical course and special course need to get GCE ‘O’ Level Examination if they want to go to Junior Colleges, which acquire three-year learning. "
maybe it's better to say:
Both students attending technical course and special course need to pass GCE ‘O’ Level Examination if they want to go to Junior Colleges, which require three-year learning.
"However, there are also other choices. Students can go to ITE institutes then enter Polytechnics after which they attend universities; otherwise they may directly go for job hunting."
There is an option as follows:
However, there are also other choices. Students can go to ITE followed by Polytechnics to finally enter the universities, or they can directly go for job hunting.
above are my personal suggestions. If not accepted, I'll never mind it. Thanks for scanning~~