Primary schools will take in more pupils for high-ability programmes in new approach.
SINGAPORE – Starting with the 2024 Primary 1 batch, more pupils will have access to higher-ability programmes in primary schools, and will no longer transfer to specific schools to join a centralised Gifted Education Programme .
Both these programmes will admit more pupils and consider a wider range of abilities than the current GEP, which caters to the top 1 per cent of primary school pupils, MOE said, elaborating onIn his maiden NDR speech, PM Wong said that after 40 years, it was time to update the GEP, and that the programme would be discontinued in its current form – where selected pupils transfer to nine specific primary schools – in favour of a new approach to stretch pupils with higher abilities across all...
First, Singapore is moving away from assessing pupils’ abilities by a single dimension, a system which he called “teaching to the average”. The second reason is that a child manifests his abilities across time, rather than at a single point, Mr Chan said.He said: “So in the new system, you will have many opportunities to demonstrate your abilities... different dimensions of abilities and different timeframes will inform us in the way we redesign the system.”There are also many pupils who may have missed the assessment window in Primary 3 who would, in the current system, not be able to join the GEP.
“This is why we have designed the system in such a way that most of the students will be able to complete their programmes within their schools,” he said.At the same time, MOE also wants pupils to be able to mix with those from other schools. This is what will happen at the after-school modules at designated schools that serve as regional centres, Mr Chan said.
Teachers are better able than before to support higher-ability learners in terms of training, resources and how to look out for pupils with potential, MOE said.
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