Why the S’pore Education System Has Actually Made a “U-Turn” After 45 Years

Do you know that back in the past, there were Primary 7 and Primary 8 students, and those were deliberate decisions, not retained students?

[geekroute]

i remember the p7 and p8 students speak mostly Hokkien. that was in 1991

[dchew]

right after watching this, im not stupid 3 trailer was played 😂

[SHxxxxT]

i recalled a "jiejie" at my babysitter house who was in pri 7 or 8 when i was in pri 1..she was the only person i knew personally that went through it. so yep, it def happened.

[gohalvin]

I am not the brightest student but I can say that this Pri 7 or 8 systems work then rather than now. I do personally know friends (now in their 40s / 50s) that studied P7/8 that are doing very well now.

The extended 2 years actually gave them more time to blush up on their languages.

[anglo-saxonconnor]

Singapore stress on passing english, science and maths no matter what era you are born in.

In earlier times if you fkunked these subjects you do another two more years in primary school and if you still cant pass your psle you are send to vocational institute and ite.

In latter years they use streaming to suss out how good you are. You dont study eight years primary school if you sucks. You will just get send into dofferent secondary streams and classes to take either your n or o level exams.

Nothing change actually. You are still being objectify and rightly so.

[LVPictures]

I don't get the u-turn part? isn't it still streaming but base on subjects rather than the whole curriculum?

[kelvinphua]

I was from P8 monolingual. Currently working as engineer

[gymnastalexliang]

Oh yeah, I'm 48 years old and I remember the primary 7 and 8 students from my primary school. Just speak to anyone old enough to remember what primary school education was like in Singapore way back in the 1980s.

[ysngngys]

Salah...only students with special pass can buy fish, and not students can choose to buy fish from the cai png stall...

[leoahmadkhanofficial]

My first language is English second is malay but i can only speak malay a little bit so i think i would be in EM2 (if it still existed)

[contactkelvinsim]

Making a 12 yo extend 2 years in primary school is cruel. Put a negative stamp on the child's self-confidence only to make the child go through a 5 year secondary course finishing at 19 yo. While most finish at 16.

[gldenexperience]

Thank you for making this video. Now they know that I am not talking tall tales when I said I studied primary 7 and 8

[tkyap]

Education prepares, the rest is up to the individual. There will always be success and failure stories.

[ngzy]

Secondary Five no more. Most Secondary Schools final batch of Secondary Five this year.

[gearfet]

For anyone who forgot, Google: “get out of my elitist uncaring face” 😂😂😂

[amirfarhan]

Wah..I remember five kids who was Primary 8 Mono when I was in Primary 6 decades ago. He looked much older and was definitely out of place, and I remember his name was Alex.

[wjlim]

Primary 7/8 is for those really cmi/cui students one, like no matter how they teach also catch no ball that kind, that is like the 90s kids that grow up that cannot speak basic English, no matter learn how many years also hopeless that kind,

[DNAria]

where the sponsor from the husband for this video

[easymukbang]

Education has big problem ... You cannot teach a fish to run on the ground... 😢

[anglo-saxonconnor]

There are two simple things to know in life. There are streaming in schools to filter and categorise students in life and your certs depreciate in value with each passing year with a new batch of graduates that come out every year.

Meaning you need to strive as hard as possible to get into the most suitable stream for yourself and find yourself a job as soon as you get a degree and graduate.

The longer you wait and goof around the less value you have in the labour market.

No rest for you. It is a mad dash from cradle to grave for most people. Lol