Comments on: Fuzziness: Singapore’s New Education Buzzword http://towardsuni.is-there.net/fuzziness-singapores-new-education-buzzword/ Education and Scholarships In An Asian Perspective Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:18:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: ZMAng http://towardsuni.is-there.net/fuzziness-singapores-new-education-buzzword/#comment-9 ZMAng Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:42:59 +0000 http://towardsuni.is-there.net/fuzziness-singapores-new-education-buzzword/#comment-9 Exactly, that's where the elitism starts. By accepting only the best of the best, how does the DSA help? After all, even before the DSA was implemented, top schools and junior colleges were already accepting students with poor results (RJC and HCJC for students with 10+ points), as long as they were top at their cocurricular activity. What we want is a DSA that <strong>values</strong> non-academic talents. This should mean that students are not only admitted if they can win you the next Nationals. Exactly, that’s where the elitism starts. By accepting only the best of the best, how does the DSA help? After all, even before the DSA was implemented, top schools and junior colleges were already accepting students with poor results (RJC and HCJC for students with 10+ points), as long as they were top at their cocurricular activity.

What we want is a DSA that values non-academic talents. This should mean that students are not only admitted if they can win you the next Nationals.

]]> By: Anonymous http://towardsuni.is-there.net/fuzziness-singapores-new-education-buzzword/#comment-8 Anonymous Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:47:54 +0000 http://towardsuni.is-there.net/fuzziness-singapores-new-education-buzzword/#comment-8 But for schools to accept a student via DSA, there must be good enough results from the past. or some very special "talent" like sports etc that the school needs. No school will accept a student if he is not deem to do well enough to go thru the system. Also, students that got admission thru DSA may not work that hard for PSLE, so the results of these students in PSLE should not be taken as a comparision. perhaps they are just tired. But for schools to accept a student via DSA, there must be good enough results from the past. or some very special “talent” like sports etc that the school needs. No school will accept a student if he is not deem to do well enough to go thru the system.

Also, students that got admission thru DSA may not work that hard for PSLE, so the results of these students in PSLE should not be taken as a comparision. perhaps they are just tired.

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