Conquering Singapore's Education System

Not only the 6 years Singapore primary school fee is "FREE" , but you actually earn S$1,741. The school fees below are for Singapore citizen . 6 years primary school fees are: S$1,494 . However, we received total FREE monies (in 6 years' time) from the government up to S$2,845   (through government Edusave top-up, Special top-up and interest earned at the Edusave account). Hence, we now have a balance of S$1,741 .  It is enough to purchase a laptop in secondary 1. In ACS(I), they sell Lenova L13 2-in-1 Gen 5 Notebook (with 3-year warranty and 3-year insurance) at S$1,403.90 (with GST). You can use Edusave account to pay for this cost. If you receive Edusave award, Char Yong scholarship, etc., you will also receive cash reward of S$80-S$100 each time. So, he collected about  S$500 . :) ESIS scholarship is considered as the top tier scholarship in primary school (awarded during the PSLE result announcement), as you can save a good sum of monies later in the secondary schoo...

He chose Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) as first choice and he got in. There are 13 classes of secondary one at ACS(I) in year 2025. 5 classes of IP and 8 classes of non-IP. Each class size is about 32 students maximum. He was placed at the top class in IP , comprises a number of students who were in the GEP (Gifted Education Program) while they were in primary school, as well as students who had done exceptionally well in the 2024 PSLE examinations. Hence, his class will have certain enrichment modules. That's good. The school campus is pretty big!  The classrooms and canteen are all air-conditioned. Badge pinning ceremony. His school fees breakdown (highlighted in yellow) with ESIS (Edusave Scholarships for Independent Schools) With PSLE scores of 5M, you basically can choose any secondary schools you like. One main reason he didn't choose RI is because the school is quite far from our home.  It will be a 60-minutes journey compared to 15 minutes journey to ACS(I). 202...

My boy met my expectation precisely.  AL 5 M  ! Surprisingly, he also received the scholarships letter together with the PSLE certificate.  It is a Edusave scholarships for Independant Schools (ESIS),  S$2,400 per year for 6 years .  This is a surprise bonus!  We were told only AL 4 and 5 students received such scholarships (Singaporean students only). With AL 5, you basically can choose any secondary schools you like. However, he had fixed his eyes at  ACS(I) . It's only 10 minutes journey, direct bus from our home. IP (Year 1 to Year 4) school fees: S$385 x 12 months x 4 =  S$18,480 IBDP (Year 5 to Year 6) school fees: S$500 x 12 months x 2 =  S$12,000 Total 6 years of school fees:  S$30,480 Scholarships (for 6 years): S$2,400 x 6 =  S$14,400 Net ACS(I) secondary school fees for 6 years:  S$16,080 My job is officially done.  Woo Hoo!! I am happy!!!     Primary 6 Achievements: Primary 6: CCA Captain, repres...

AL 8M not good enough. English and Mathematics grades can be better. Still aiming for AL 6 in order to enter his dream school, ACS(I). In my eyes, he is AL 5 boy, you can do it!💪 Nail it! 🎯  Good luck, all the year 2024 P6 cohort ~ 

With Primary 6 Semester 1 result, PSLE score will be AL 9M .  Still not good enough. He is going for  Raffles Institution DSA Sports Trial (table tennis) on June 28, 2024. He is also going for NUS High School DSA Selection Test (Mathematics & Science) on June 29, 2024. Good luck, boy!

There is a saying, your Primary 5 "End-of-year Examination" result will be your PSLE results.   If that's true, his PSLE Score will be AL 9. That's not good. He will not be able to get into his dream school, Anglo Chinese School (Independent) . Hence, he needs to work smart/hard towards his goal. I set a target for him. AL 6 (P) shall be. Nevertheless, I am pleased to know he was selected again for Higher Chinese class in Primary 6. Good job! Please at least get a "PASS" grade!    Primary 5 Achievements: Primary 5: CCA Captain , represented school at National School Games Table Tennis Senior Boys Team - League 1 & National School Games Table Tennis Senior Division Boys (Team). Primary 5: Recipient of Char Yong Scholarship 2023 for Top P4 Academic Award 2022. Primary 5:  Recipient of Edusave Scholarship 2024  for Top 10% of P5 Cohort 2023. Primary 5: Merit Award at Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics World Contest (RIPMWC)-Junior Category. Primary ...