The reason why parents are eager to send their children to the ” top” primary school in singapore is because of the perceived difference in quality of education, while this is true to a certain extent, the standard of teaching is fairly uniform in all primary schools in singapore as the teachers are all trained in the same way. However, the differences that account for the “top” primary schools producing more top scorers in PSLE includes the standards set by the school itself, and the competitveness of the school.
The Unofficial Ranking System
MOE does not encourage parents to blindly follow the ranking system that is unofficial and is based only on heresay and public opinion. However, the ranking system is still present, although not officially published, many parents still try their best to reserve a place for their child in the best primary schools and would pay higher prices to get the top school exam papers in singapore.
The standards the schools set for the students determine their students academic results to a large extent, better primary schools would set higher standards for their students exam results compared to normal or neighbourhood primary schools. As a result, students are generally expected to perform better in exams, teachers would give the students additional exam papers and exam questions for practice way before their actual tests. These high expectations, while generally unknown, becomes very obvious when once compares the “best” primary school with a neighbourhood primary school.
Top School Exam Papers
The better primary schools are generally more competitive than others, in order to preserve their rankings, they have to ensure that they constantly produce top scorers in PSLE and national competitions, to do so, they have to train their students extra hard. Through setting tougher exam questions for their Continuous assessments, semester assessments and preliminary exams, they can force their students to study harder than the typical neighbourhood school students and thus ensuring that they students always land a spot in the top 10 scorers for PSLE.
Every parent should know the best primary schools, while the list might differ from one parent to another, the top 10 primary schools are more or less the same, based on general opinion. Publishers of exam papers are also cautious in picking only the best primary school exam paper to publish as parents seek to prepare their children for the best. Some primary schools that are commonly found in assessment booklets and exam papers include: Raffles Girls’ Primary School, Tao Nan Primary School, Nan Hua Primary School, Rosyth Primary School, etc.
The difficulty of the exam papers taken from top schools in singapore can be used as a good gauge of a child’s standard when compared to the “best” students in Singapore. This explains why top school exam papers are more valued than other sources of revision. Studying and practicing tougher exam papers is a good way to challenge the students concepts and test their ability to apply their knowledge
Conclusion
However, that is not to say that all neighbourhood school exam papers are a useless source of revision. There are many neighbourhood primary schools getting more competitive and trying to challenge their students to aim higher and perform better, the quality of their exam papers is also improving. As a result, one can still consider practicing exam papers from these schools, especially if that person feel that the top school exam papers are too challenging for them to do.
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