1. Sec 4N Parents-Teacher Meeting Friday, 09 March 2012

2. Overview Part I The Journey So Far: 2011 Results Part II The Road Ahead: Educational Pathways Part III From Here to There: What Does it Take?

3. PART I: THE JOURNEY SO FAR

4. 2011 GCE ‘O’ LEVEL EXAM RESULTS

5. 5N GCE ‘O’ LEVEL RESULTS Percentage of 5 or more ‘O’ level passes

6. Eligibility for Higher Institution Eligible At Least JCCIPoly ITE H NITEC 4 Exp80.1%95.5%98.7%100% 5 NA19.0%56.9%93.1%100%

7. 2011 NA LEVEL EXAM RESULTS

8. Promotion to 5NA YearBeattyNational 200781.072.5 200874.273.2 200973.671.1 201072.070.9 201183.772.9

9. 2011 NT LEVEL EXAM RESULTS

10. Passed 3 Subjects YearBeattyNational 200975.087.3 201086.488.2 201195.988.7

11. Passed EL + Mathematics YearBeattyNational 200937.547.4 201061.552.1 201162.252.5

12. PART II: THE ROAD AHEAD

13. GCE ‘N’ Level Exams 4 years N(A) Course 2 years ITE Direct Entry Scheme 3 (DES) to Higher Nitec 10 weeks Prep Programme Pathways for N(A) Students GCE ‘O’ Level Exams 1 year S5N 5 3 years Polytechnic 2 years ITE Nitec 2 2 years ITE Higher Nitec 1 3 years NAFA/ LaSalle 3 years Polytechnic 1 year Foundation Programme 4 2 years poly 2 years JC/ 3 years CI Eligibility Criteria: 1 ELR1B3 (O-Levels) [for Accounting & Business courses] / ELR2B2 (O-Levels) [for S&T courses] 2 Two O-Level passes / Three N-Level passes 3 EL ≤ 4, MA ≤ 4, ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels) [for Applied Sciences, Engineering, Info-Communications Technology] / EL ≤ 3, MA ≤ 4, ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels) [for Business & Services] 4 EL ≤ 3, MA ≤ 3, ELMAB3 ≤ 11 (N-Levels) [for courses in Annex A1] / EL ≤ 2, MA ≤ 3, ELMAB3 ≤ 11 (N-Levels) [for courses in Annex A2] 5 ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels)

14. Criteria for Promotion from 4N(A) to 5N(A) MOE has changed the criteria since 2009 They must now do well in a range of subjects Promotion Criteria EL & MA ≤ 5 ELMAB3 ≤ 19

15. Additional Pathways for Sec 4N(A) ITE-Direct Entry Scheme (DES) Sec 4N(A) students who do well (≤ 19 pts) for ELMAB3 with at least a grade 4 in Math and EL can enrol directly for a Higher Nitec course at ITE

16. Additional Pathways for Sec 4N(A) Polytechnic Foundation Programme Offered to the top 10% of the cohort with EMB3 11 points or better. English and Maths must be at least a B3 for eligibility into Engineering, Science and Technical related courses. At least a B2 in English for admission into Business courses.

17. Additional Pathways for Sec 4N(A) Direct-Entry-Scheme-to-Polytechnic Builds on the ITE Direct-Entry-Scheme (DES) which was introduced in 2008. It caters to students in the top 10 th -percentile to 30 th percentile of the Sec 4N(A) cohort, i.e. the 20% after the top 10% qualifying to apply for the Polytechnic FP. Need to obtain an ELMAB3 (English, Math, Best 3 Subjects) raw aggregate score of 19 points or better In addition, the EL ≤ 4 and MA ≤ 4, to be eligible to apply to Applied Sciences, Engineering and Info- Communications Technology programmes. To apply to Business and Services, the eligibility is EL ≤ 3 and MA ≤ 4.

18. Admission Criteria to ITE NITEC Courses Each course has different entry requirements Admission is merit-based, and based on aggregate of best 4 N level subjects including pre-requisite subjects Pathways for Sec 4N(T) students

19. Sec 4N(T) students may be considered for a lateral transfer to Sec 4N(A) if they meet the following criteria in their Sec 4 NT exam: Grade A for both EL and MA + Grade B or better for one other subject

20. PART III: FROM HERE TO THERE

21. What Does it Mean? What do you want? Where do you want to go? Dialogue with your Parents & Teachers Monitoring Practice Sacrifices

22. TEAM A Students Teachers Parents School Structures & Programmes Attitudes Beliefs Efforts Time Commitment Support, Guidance, Encouragement

24. Semester 1 CCA will stand down in mid-April Submission of Coursework Mid-Year Examination 2 May 2012 June Holidays Supplementary Lessons in Week 1 and Week 4 LevelSubjectDeadline 4 NAART25 May 2012 4NTART5 April 2012 4NA & 4NTD & T27 July 2012 4NTCPA & EBSEnd of Term 2 2012

25. Semester 2 GCE ‘N’ EL Oral 03 July GCE ‘N’ MTL Oral 23 July 4N Preliminary Examination 06 August GCE ‘N’ Written Examination 03 Sept & 01 October GCE ‘NT’ CPA Practical 11 Sept

26. Countdown to N Levels 6 months (counting from April – Sep) 183 days Divided by an average of 6 subjects Each subject has on average 30 days If each subject has 10 topics Each topic only has 3 days

27. The Carpenter’s Story

28. What will it Be?

29. Thank You