Thursday, 23 January 2014

EDUSAVE SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS. (dated 12/01/2014) 


The awards are given each year to maximise and equalize educational
opportunities for all Singaporeans and to motivate students to excel.

The following are the different types of Edusave Scholarships and Awards.

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Edusave Scholarships for Secondary Schools(ESSS) : $500
   
     + Top 10% of each level and stream
     + Overall Mark is more than or equal to 50%
     + Good Conduct
     + Singapore Citizen.



Edusave Merit Bursary (EMB) : $350

     + Within top 25% of each level and stream and not a recipient
        of any Edusave Scholarships
     + Overall Mark that is more than or equal to 50%
     + Singapore Citizen
     + Gross monthly household income below $4000.



Good Progress Award (GPA) : $200

     + Maximum of 10% of pupils in each level and stream in every school
     + Overall Mark >= 50%
     + Good Conduct
     + Singapore Citizen



EAGLES Award (non-academic): $350
     + Maximum of 10% of Singaporean students in every school
     + Overall Mark >= 50%
     + Good Conduct
     + Singapore Citizen
     + Citeria on leadership, Achievement or Services



Edusave Character Award(ECHA): $500

     + Maximum quota capped at 2% of the enrichment of Singaporean Students for each school
     + Students who demonstrate exemplary character and outstanding personal quantities through their
        behaviour and actions



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My Secondary 2 tuition student,JJ from Presbyterian High School got two Edusave awards.
One is Edusave Character Award 2013 and other is Edusave Good Progress Award 2013!
He is currently having tuition with me on Secondary 3 Maths & Science this year 2014 as well.
Congrats for his both achievement!



He was so happy to receive these in his mailboxes for voucher & awards collection! Smile:)




JJ's sister in my group tuition last time 2013 is doing very well for proceed with her O level Sec5 this year.She got Edusave Scholarship 2013 for voucher of $500. Congrats for her achievements!
And was top 10% from her N level batch last year:) 

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Tuesday, 14 January 2014

O level 2014 result was released on Mon,13 Jan 2014!

Over the years for O Level Examination,

this year happened to obtain the higher percentage of passes(more than 80%)

or in other words,greatest number of students passing this examination to go further education in

tertiary schools like JC, Polytechnics & ITE according to MOE.

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Congrats to all of you if taking O Level this year and like to highlight a couple
of my potential "O"tuition students this year from last year O level 2013 examinations
with their results & their efforts.

Like to mention two of my outstanding students out of 15 students that year.
I do not wish to disclose their names but to show & motivate some newly joined or existing junior students from their excellent result, tuition subject with me & great improvement they had made.
I am very proud of them and happy to see them eligible for JC entry.

I named her my first student,Dina and she has been having tuition with me since her Sec2 in Yio Chu Kang Sec Sch in year 2011.I taught her all 5 subjects, namely English, E.Maths, A.Maths & two Pure Sciences,Physics & Chemistry in her O level in year2012. She first joined me with his elder brother who is one year older than me and both of them need extreme help for English Comprehension,Maths & Science. Though Dina is from neighbouring school (Yio Chu Kang Sec School), she is humble in learning & willingly to spend quality tuition with me over twice a week basis,for each session of 1.5hours.

Her O Level result in year 2014:
(Congrats on her determination & efforts to do her very best!)



Her SA1 School Results in year2013:
(She is devoted & very committed in her studies.
She had practised writing compositions & I did tell her the fastest ways to do well is looking at those good composition from her classmates or even from some of my Sec 4 tuition students. We went through model & favourite exam compositions from past years,etc last year 2012 & previous! )





Her SA2 School Results:
(I did impart some methods on checking on A.Maths to ensure after working & efforts to ensure her that those answers are right before proceed. We also walked through those of her weakest topics in A.Maths like Integration Applications like Kinematics or Trigonometry graphs or modulus.
Through those detailed explanations & modeling, she appeared more confident & I had switched her to try harder questions from other top ten school Preliminary papers like Chung Cheng High, Catholic High,Dunman High,Cresent Girls School,CHIJ,Anglican High & others.
She needed to expose herself to different sets of test paper to know how well her concepts is by practising them on her own & naming those hard-to-solve questions out to me during tuitions. I tried to present them out to her on those tough stages or those portion that needs more explanations)


                        




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I name this student as student E not because all his grades are E but his Christian name begins with Letter E. He is a bright student & heed my tutoring advice in my last impression and end of the day he scored all As & Bs in his O level result slip in year2014.That should make him a brainy guy to illustrate any further. He had taken A.Maths & English in my home tuition at Bedok. There is such saying every bravery act or hero has a "hard-life" story behind! 

His story & his new academic life in year 2014:
Last year,his mum & elder bro came to request me for last minute tuition for him. They desperately seek my tuition advice & requested if I can help student E to obtain a pass in his O Level English. I got a D7 for his Sec 4 Preliminary Exam at Hai Sing Catholic School. At first, I was hesitant to help not because it was 1 month away from actual O Level and at that point,all my schedule are taken for existing N & O students last year. As his brother C is my existing tuition students & I promised to come to his house after his brother C's tuition like back to back tuition basis.
To be frank, I am strict to him as his brother C is so different to him.In my impression, he is very lazy & his handwriting is the worst that I ever see in my whole life in tutoring.I had basic problem reading & marking his sentences in compositions.Before starting lecturing him,I asked if he or his bro C to see if anyone can read this handwriting! He was so ashamed at the point but he still had good cheeks to show more past compositions from his school or bad comments from his English teacher on his handwriting or incomplete marking for him! Neither is his grade "presentable" to him or anyone with both efforts or handwriting. I am really at great loss to help him almost on every marking paper! I believe with hard efforts from student's practices and his handling for good methods,he can make a good difference in his grades for those weaker subjects. I never give up on him & led him with interest to look at how other students' compositions to reflect him.  

Student E's O Level Result for this year2014:




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'N' Level result from my 2013 student, JM! 

She is now in Secondary 5(Canberra Sec School)with me 
on Combined Science & Elementary Maths tuition for preparation in O Level this year 2014.
She improved over months to lift her Combined Science,Physics & Chemistry for A2 Distinctions. The most important portion of tuition is she gains confident in both subjects & she is able to solve more problem independently.




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