Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Senior High School Must Be Four Years

I write to air my views on the current debate about the duration of the Senior High School.I believe stakeholders will soon meet and brainstorm on the issue in order to come out with a clear duration for students to take.
As compared to the old system which I had a taste,one can see that the old secondary system had the first five years to do GCE O' Level and additional two years for GCE A'Level certificates.With the old system,students had the opportunity to pass through the system doing several subjects for at least three years.Therefore before a student get to the third year he or she understands what subjects to choose for the final examination.So by doing this they passed and passed well.
But unlike the Senior High School students choose the subjects to be offered at the secondary level knowing that they don't really understand what they are taking.
What we must understand is that two years have been slashed and the additional two years have also been slashed.Therefore I strongly believe if the four year duration is maintain it would be better.Again students must be provided with career counsellors to counsel them on what each course chosen and the profession that matches.Because if care is not taken we would find square pegs in round holes.

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