My nephews took outside add. maths tuition during high school @ kuen chen

This post has been edited by kiantee: Oct 11 2022, 12:28 PM

So this is the thing that I have been trying to wrap my head around regarding the Chinese Independent High Schools that practise the Dual Track Programme (雙軌制), i.e. running both UEC and SPM syllabuses in parallel. And especially so for those CIHS's where SPM is compulsory (some CIHS's leave it as an option), and even more so for schools such as Kuen Cheng where Senior 2 year is full-blown SPM, leaving very little time in Senior 3 to cram for the UEC. I read that because of Covid resulting in SPM being delayed, that meant even less time to prepare for UEC, hence almost all the Kuen Cheng students left after completing SPM, foregoing UEC. The dropout rate for CIHS students after SPM that I am reading from various Chinese newspaper articles sits at around 30-40%, which seems rather high to me - that means only 6 out of every 10 students continue to sit for the UEC post-SPM!

I would have thought that if one signs up for Chinese Independent High School, then the primary aim - for both the school and its students - should be UEC and not SPM. I mean, I get the part that they are doing it so that the students have SPM as a safety net. But to sacrifice their UEC uptake rate for the sake of having their students ace the SPM seems counter-intuitive to me. Because if that is the objective, then how different is a CIHS compared to an SMJK©, insofar as the resultant paper qualification is concerned - but minus the stress of handling two syllabuses in parallel, yet graduating with a certificate for only one of them (because they dropped the UEC prematurely)?

Given that the UEC certificate is supposed to be recognised for direct entry into many good universities (last I checked, top Australian universities that recognise the UEC include University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, UNSW, RMIT and Monash), then why don't CIHS's such as Kuen Cheng change the strategy to get as many of their students to stay and take the UEC, and ace it? I mean, it's a lot cheaper than doing 'A' Levels, plus you save a year compared to your SMK/SMJK© counterparts who do 5 years SPM + 2 years 'A' Levels.

as a graduated student from Chong Hwa Independent KL, i would said their facility can be said the best in KL area now. Their olympic size swimming pool and runway gonnae be done within this 2 years, and can forsee future sports in the area can be cover too.
But the school fees... man it really hike so much. Frm the time i study RM100/month till now is like 4 - 5 times of that price already.

Need some advice.. for transport wise to kuen cheng, is there any bus school bus service to cheras?

Should be quite a lot coz many KC students stay in Cheras area.

Alternatively, they can take monorail from school to KL sentral, then take MRT back to Cheras area.

This post has been edited by Super2047: Mar 22 2023, 05:52 PM