Some of my IP/IB students are having their exams around now. They have this system where their work are graded consistently instead of one big major exam in the usual schools.
Haha, I would prefer the usual system anytime! Studying consistently over the whole year isn't my cup of tea at all. I will take a 100% final exam anything, than be held hostage by ten 10% small tests held almost every month :) That's me...i'm lazy :)
One of my IP/IB students told me that the school fees is around $1000 per month...that's so exorbitant! How much is the school fees for normal mortals? Got $100 anot?
From what I dug up from MOE website, I've found that:
School fees after subsidy: $5.00
Standard miscellaneous fees: $8.00
Second-tier miscellaneous fees: $8.00
Autonomous Schools collect Autonomous School Fees, ranging from $3 to $18 per month, on top of second-tier miscellaneous fees
Independent Schools charge a separate scale of fees. The range of school fees for local students (excluding miscellaneous fees) as at 2006 is $150- $255 per month
So perhaps that student got it mixed up. But I do know that all these exclude textbooks and other 'activities' fee. I've another student complaining that her literature books, of which there are 15 of them, cost around $20 each. That's quite heavy on an average parents, I believe.
While education is not cheap, they are the best way to invest in yourself. All these money spent can easily be recouped back within a few years of working. So do consider them money well spent.
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