tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451375378911277288.post1826848820743064992..comments2024-03-19T19:47:38.134+08:00Comments on My Lilbookworm: The Gifted Education Programme (GEP) in Singapore - Part 4 of 4Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621967131459928239noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451375378911277288.post-41290857070643481582016-11-08T10:25:52.863+08:002016-11-08T10:25:52.863+08:00I think the school have shortage of GEP teachers t...I think the school have shortage of GEP teachers too. You're right the situation could change from time to time and hard to predict. Just felt disappointed with that happening. <br />I also believe the GEP prepared them well for IP. I've heard from 2 parents their kids find IP rather familar (similar to GE) and hence breeze through (at least for Sec 1). A kid from the IP also told me her GE classmates had no problem with IP curriculum and all did well. CEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721851410044708497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451375378911277288.post-54848324987129312722016-11-08T07:56:48.166+08:002016-11-08T07:56:48.166+08:00I suspect your child's school could have short...I suspect your child's school could have shortage of GEP teachers. In AJ's school, the EL and Ma teachers only teach 2 classes each. The Science and CL teachers teach 3 classes each. But Sci and CL are MS subjects.<br /><br />You can't be sure about the no. of students enrolled. I have experienced it myself. Initially I wanted a school in the west because, historically, it had the lowest teacher to student ratio. But in 2016, the school shut down 1 class, resulting in 26 or 27 in 1 class. All these happened only after enrolment. mylilbookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14835235806327828842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451375378911277288.post-84231011008497983642016-11-07T23:56:04.883+08:002016-11-07T23:56:04.883+08:00I pretty much agree with your observations! Even t...I pretty much agree with your observations! Even the bit about having to deal with classmates that lack of emotion-management skills are so true!<br /><br />One thing to add on about the class size. Even though class size is small at 25 max; and the teacher is specialised in a subject, the situation might be all rosy as one teacher could be assigned to all 3 classes (and even across levels) i.e. about 1 teacher to 75 kids. In this case the teacher might be overload and less effective in the teaching. (Compared to main stream, they have to deal with more challanging curriculum and kids.) Therefore it's good to find out from the school the teacher-to-student ratio when choosing one.CEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721851410044708497noreply@blogger.com