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Source:
www.moe.gov.sg |
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START OF 2007 SCHOOL PLACEMENT EXERCISE FOR
RETURNING SINGAPOREANS |
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The 2007 School Placement Exercise for
Returning Singaporeans (SPERS) is open for registration from 1 Aug 2007
for Singapore children who are returning from overseas and wish to join
secondary schools, junior colleges (JC) and Millennia Institute (MI) at
the beginning of academic year 2008. |
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Applicants will sit for the SPERS papers on
16 Oct 07 and placement results will be released in late November and
mid-December for those seeking admission to JC/MI and secondary schools
respectively. |
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This is the second year that the Ministry of
Education (MOE) is conducting SPERS, a centralised placement exercise
held at the end of the year for returning Singaporeans (RS). |
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Via SPERS, Singaporean parents working
abroad can look forward to easier re-entry into the local education
system for their children when they return to Singapore. They will no
longer need to seek admission to schools through taking multiple
school-based tests |
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SPERS is only applicable to RS seeking
admissions into Secondary 1, 2, 3 (SPERS-Sec), and JC1 (SPERS-JC/MI) in
20081. As Secondary 4 and JC2 are national examination years,
RS generally would not re-join at these levels. |
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Improvements to SPERS-JC/MI Papers |
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Drawing from the experience of the exercise
in 2006, we will be making two refinements to SPERS-JC/MI. |
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First, we will include a non
content-based general ability paper, to more holistically assess
candidates who have attended overseas schools with curricula
different from Singapore's. |
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Second, we will refine the Mathematics
paper, and focus on those topics which are generally included in
the secondary curricula in other countries. |
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RS who wish to pursue the
pre-university course in JCs/MI should take note that the
pre-university course is an intensive and rigorous course and only
those who have been assessed to be suitable for the course will be
offered a place. |
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RS who do not qualify for the
pre-university course under SPERS-JC/MI may still consider other
post-secondary courses offered by the Polytechnics, the Institute
of Technical Education (ITE) or privately-funded schools, and
approach these institutions directly for admission. |
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Pilot Overseas Conduct of SPERS
papers |
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In response to feedback from overseas
Singaporeans for the test to be held nearer where they are staying
overseas, we will also be offering RS the choice of taking the
SPERS-Sec and SPERS-JC/MI papers in Shanghai this year. |
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This is a pilot to determine if there
is sufficient demand for such a service. Shanghai was chosen as
the pilot location as recent data showed that the China has the
largest number of RS being admitted back into our schools. |
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RS registering for SPERS can choose to
take the SPERS-Sec and SPERSJC/ MI papers in Singapore or in
Shanghai. |
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RS who choose to take the papers in
Shanghai will be charged a higher fee to cover the additional
costs of administering the papers overseas. |
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To ensure that the fees for the
administration of SPERS papers overseas are affordable and for
optimal resource utilisation, a minimum of 20 candidates is needed
for the pilot to proceed. |
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If less than 20 candidates register,
the pilot will be cancelled and the candidates will be offered to
sit for the papers in Singapore instead. Any excess fees paid will
be refunded. |
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2007 SPERS Exercise Format |
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SPERS-Sec and SPERS-JC/MI will be
conducted in the following schedule: |
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To participate, RS are required to
register between 1 Aug and 2 Oct 07 to take the papers in
Singapore, and between 1 Aug and 28 Aug 07 to take the papers in
Shanghai. The SPERS application form can be obtained from MOE¨s
website at
http://www.moe.gov.sg/esp/eduinfo/ |
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Details on the exercise format,
schedule and fees can be found in the ANNEX. |
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More Information and Enquiries |
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For more information on SPERS, please
refer to the MOE website at
http://www.moe.gov.sg/esp/eduinfo/ or contact us at the
following: |
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MOE Customer Service Centre
1 North Buona Vista Drive
Email:
MOE_RETURNHOME@MOE.GOV.SG
Tel: 6872 2220 |
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
1 August 2007 |
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More..... |
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1 RS seeking admission into
primary schools may approach MOE at any time of the year for
assistance to be admitted into a primary school. MOE will offer
the RS a place in a primary school nearest to their home with
vacancies at the level/s appropriate to their age cohort. The
children will not have to sit for any placement test for admission
to primary schools. However, schools may conduct assessment tests
after admission to ascertain the child¨s current attainment level
and provide the appropriate assistance to help the child settle
back into schools. RS can choose not to take up the places offered
by MOE. If so, they can approach other primary schools directly to
seek admission with them, as is the current practice. MOE will be
happy to provide information on vacancies in schools they are
interested in. The schools which they choose to approach will
continue to have the discretion to decide on whether to accept
their application for admission. |
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Source:
www.moe.gov.sg Press Release 1
Aug 2007 |
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