Tuesday January 15, 2008
What’s the basis for streaming students?
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to further expound on Unfair to bar students from picking subjects in The Star, Jan 14.
My son just finished his PMR and achieved one “A” and four “Bs”. Because of this, he was barred from the package that he had selected prior to the PMR exams and given another package.
When we appealed to the school, we were told that the package he had selected would be too difficult for him and instead he had been given an easier package - so it seems.
But, the package he was given includes subjects which he is not at all good in and we are sure he will be incapable of handling.
When I explained this to the teacher concerned, I was told that he could drop the subjects he was not good at, and to prepare him externally, i.e. from a tuition centre, for the subjects he wanted.
Is it not the school’s duty to educate children? Why do I have to send my son to a tuition centre to study subjects already offered in his school, and incur additional fees unnecessarily?
How can teachers be so sure that my son would be incapable of coping with his chosen subjects? If they are so sure, why ask the students to choose the package they want before their PMR exams? They might as well do the streaming without any consultation with the students or their parents.
Is it the Education Ministry’s policy to base streaming on the exams, or is it that of the school concerned? I have other children who were given their packages, and in one instance the school created another class to accommodate the students’ desired package.
My other children did well in their SPM examinations and have gone on to secure degrees from local universities, and two of them are already working.
Even from my days, my friends - who were only mediocre in their Form 3 examinations - have gone on to do well in life.
PARENT OF FORM 4 STUDENT,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
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