6. Academics

QN1: Do you offer Tamil Language?

ANSWER: Yes. However, students will take their lessons after school at Jurong West Secondary.

QN2: Does your school value-add to the students?

ANSWER: Yes. We have been receiving value-added results for both Express and Normal streams for the past consecutive years and we are expecting even better results for this year’s GCE examinations.

QN3: How many percent of the students go to JC/Poly?

ANSWER: Most of our students qualify for higher education.

QN4: How many Express/NA/NT classes are there?

ANSWER: We have, on average, 3 to 4 Express classes, 2 to 3 NA classes and 1 NT class for each cohort.

QN5: What programmes are there to help academically weak students?

ANSWER: Our school has Focus Group Clinics (FGCs) for academically weak students. We even hold night studies for students to prepare for the national examinations. Our teachers are always willing to go the extra mile for weak students and will hold consultations for anyone who needs them.

QN6: What other Programmes do you have to help students achieve a holistic education?

ANSWER: The school has an Applied Learning Programme (ALP) which focuses on Oracy skills. This ALP is a platform that allows students to learn and carry out public speaking. It helps students to gain confidence and skills to speak in front of a big crowd. This is very helpful for students as they need to do presentations in their further studies in polytechnics and JC, and even when they enter the workforce.

Our Learning for Life Programme (LLP) is in Passion.

Students will get to attend classes of their interest once a week for 2 periods.

In these modules, students have lessons together with their peers from other streams and learn useful skills and knowledge from fields other than their academic subjects. There are many discussions, group projects and field trips that broaden students’ perspectives and enable them to build their portfolio for their poly or JC admissions in future.