Oct 19, 2008 22:38
Last Friday, I found out that eight of my Sec 1 N(T) students have qualified for lateral transfer to the N(A) stream (meaning they got more than 70% overall over the whole year). That's actually very good, considering that we've got only about 60 Sec 1 N(T) students this year, whereas in the past, with about 75 Sec 1 N(T) students, we'd usually only get about three or four students qualifying for lateral transfer to N(A).
So I'm glad, because I take that as a sign that our programmes are working and bearing fruit, both in terms of academic engagement and learning, as well as overall character development and motivation. Of course, whether or not they should actually transfer to the N(A) stream is another matter entirely, dependent largely on their individual subject results, especially their English, Maths and Science.
I've already spoken to them collectively and individually on Friday, and then asked them to go home and discuss it with their parents. We'll see what their decisions are tomorrow. :)