http://zitseng.com/archives/2366 A Singaporean's technology and lifestyle blog Mon, 07 May 2012 04:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://zitseng.com/archives/2366/comment-page-1#comment-4920 Zit Seng Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:48:08 +0000 http://zitseng.com/?p=2366#comment-4920 You are absolutely right. We did discuss during the talk about the situation with pre-university education, how O levels and A levels and other standardized exams have commoditized things. The values with pre-university levels could be slightly different though. Parents may be concerned that their kids get a sound education foundation (of course, maybe the next generation of parents could think differently). You are absolutely right. We did discuss during the talk about the situation with pre-university education, how O levels and A levels and other standardized exams have commoditized things. The values with pre-university levels could be slightly different though. Parents may be concerned that their kids get a sound education foundation (of course, maybe the next generation of parents could think differently).

]]> http://zitseng.com/archives/2366/comment-page-1#comment-4919 wes Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:04:40 +0000 http://zitseng.com/?p=2366#comment-4919 What you have said has already happened hasn't it? Just not at the university level. All around the world, various people sit the O/A Levels papers, IELTS, TOEFL, SATS, etc. There are pros and cons to this type of system. If a standarization of the courses happen, how do you differentiate the good and the bad? Lecturers would just push for results, making it no different from any normal school or tuition school that you go to. Each subject requires a lot of knowledge to master and it is impossible to grasp everything within one semester which is why it is up to the university to set what to concentrate on. On the plus side, it would mean that any new institutions or ones that are just in bad locations might end up with an increase in registration since people would no longer see the need to travel to the other side of the city just to attend that particular university. What you have said has already happened hasn’t it? Just not at the university level. All around the world, various people sit the O/A Levels papers, IELTS, TOEFL, SATS, etc. There are pros and cons to this type of system. If a standarization of the courses happen, how do you differentiate the good and the bad? Lecturers would just push for results, making it no different from any normal school or tuition school that you go to. Each subject requires a lot of knowledge to master and it is impossible to grasp everything within one semester which is why it is up to the university to set what to concentrate on. On the plus side, it would mean that any new institutions or ones that are just in bad locations might end up with an increase in registration since people would no longer see the need to travel to the other side of the city just to attend that particular university.

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