...Department Educational System Of SINGAPORE (Group Project) Secondary education in Singapore Most secondary schools in Singapore offer 4-year or 5-year courses leading up to the GCE O-level examination. A notable exception are the Integrated Programme (IP) schools, which offer a 6-year course leading up to the GCE A-level examination or the International Baccalaureate examination. Autonomous schools have more autonomy as compared to other government-run secondary schools to plan their own curriculum and activities. However, such schools may charge a SGD$3 to SGD$18 miscellaneous fee on top of the regular school fees paid by all students attending government-run secondary schools. Independent schools are granted autonomy to design their own school curriculum as well as other school programmes. They are also allowed to choose their own students and set their own school fees. Their school fees are therefore usually higher than that of government-run schools, though such schools and the Ministry of Education offer some scholarships to offset the school fees. Program for Secondary Education Based on results of the PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examination), students are placed in different secondary education tracks or streams: "Special", "Express", "Normal (Academic)", or "Normal (Technical)". Singaporeans are forbidden to attend international schools on the island without Ministry of Education permission. "Special" and "Express" They are the four-year courses leading...
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...A post-secondary education or degree has become essential in today’s society. Many students in the United States tend to focus on their studies and work hard to receive good grades. Most importantly, the financing of most student’s post-secondary education tuition has become difficult in today’s economy due to the costs. According to American Progress, “a recent study by Georgetown University’s Center on education and workforce found that at current levels of production, the U.S. economy will have a shortfall of five million college-educated workers by 2020.” (Bergeron & Martin). This shows that the cost expense of college causes five million college educated workers to decrease. Five million people who do not have a post-secondary degree due...
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...Patricia Ripberger #34 Ripberger 1 Ms. Roberts-Long Language Arts--7th period 6 November 2015 No Money, No College: Go If You Can Post-secondary education depends on financial status. If one cannot afford to attend college, then they should work until they can. People should be able to step out of high school and step into college, but only if they can afford it. If they cannot afford it, they should get a job, get out of their parents’ house (if they can afford that/if their parents let them), and validate if the college they were planning on going to is a good one, and the career choice they yearn for is included in the education of that college....
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...Students graduating from high school have a difficult choice to make, whether or not to attend a post-secondary institution. There are many positive outcomes that result, being factors in making this decision. Pupils experience many amazing things in college that can really shape how they grow as people in the number of years they spend getting an education. Often times, the positive components outweigh the negative, as a large portion of people have pursued a type of post-secondary education. Factors that cause this decision for many people are the opportunity for personal growth, getting a job that pays a higher wage, and increased comfort in social situations. A large part of attending college is discovering things about yourself, and deciding what you want to spend the rest of your life doing. This personal growth that comes with college is a large part of a person’s education. Building skills and learning about a variety of concepts is a great way for an individual to grow. McGuire (2015) states “When students experience a post secondary education, they have the opportunity to read books and listen to the lectures of top experts in their fields. This stimulation encourages students to think, ask questions, and explore new ideas, which allows for...
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...While I was in high school, I dreamed of graduating and attending Virginia Commonwealth University to become a pharmacist. Along came college-acceptance season where everyone receives their scholarships and offers from their dream schools. Of course, I was accepted, but I was stunned to see the amount of money they were offering me. It was not nearly enough to pay even a fraction of one semester’s tuition! I then had to make a decision to either settle for a different institution or jump straight into the workforce and sacrifice my dream due to financial restrictions. I made the choice to further my education because a post-secondary is beneficial in this time period, despite the operating cost. Firstly, the issue at hand is whether a college...
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...Amanda Morris Consumer Behavior 10 December 2012 Higher Education in Puerto Rico Amanda Morris Consumer Behavior 10 December 2012 Higher Education in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico is an interesting country when looking in comparison with the United States. They have been largely influenced by the US in culture, economics, and education. Because they have had aspirations of becoming the 51st state, they have historically tried to mainstream their culture in tandem with cultural trends in the mainland US. The interesting thing about that is that Puerto Rican people are fiercely proud of their cultural identity, and their heritage. They refer to themselves as Puerto Rican, even when they are second and third generation United States’ citizens. They have fought to keep Spanish in their schools instead of strict English. They hold themselves to even higher standards of education in many aspects. This leads to some interesting nuances in Puerto Rican education and the choices people make when it comes to choosing a college. This paper seeks to briefly examine how consumer behavior relates to higher education in Puerto Rico. Economics play a large factor, as well as strong involvement from the government, and US cultural influences in how and why secondary education choices are made for the people of Puerto Rico. To being with, when thinking about Puerto Rico, one must first look to what makes the country unique. A good starting place would be its basic facts...
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...Post Secondary Education In Prisons: Today many Americans are facing economic and government uncertainty. With the growing prison population and increased recidivism rate, it is time for a change in correctional policies. To spark the change in correctional policies recent studies have indicated that post secondary education programs have a significant correlation to reducing recidivism rates, prison costs, and prison population issues (Chappell, Cathryn A. 2004). Currently America makes up 5% of the world’s population, but accounts for more than 25% of prisoners incarcerated across other nations (Carson, A. & Sabol, W. 2012). This is a result of the political stance “get tough on crime”, a campaign that was started in the 1980’s that focused law enforcement agencies on combating drug crime (Spangenberg, 2004). This political stance is still prevalent today and has caused several problems for correctional facilities across the country. Prison facilities are unable to accommodate prisoners because of the lack of space for prisoners and lack of funding for beneficial programming” ( Erisman & Contrado 2005). Furthermore, prisoners are released from jail with no formal education or qualified job skills which typically leads them to resort back to criminal activities for economic gain; which causes high recidivism rates (Institute for Higher Education Policy 1994). Despite these issues Maryland and its neighboring states have began to implement cost effective Post Secondary...
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...Did you know that if state colleges were free that it would raise taxes by 67%? While the thought of state colleges being free might sound like the world’s best idea, the reality of it might shock you. Free post-secondary education is a bad idea for a variety of reasons. First of all, it wouldn’t really be free. You would still have to pay for your materials and housing. But then where would the schools get the money to pay the teachers and bills? The government. FutureFemaleLeaders.com states that the government would be directly providing aid to universities, making tuition free. The government would also be able to exert more control over said universities. And where does the government get enough money to pay the teachers and bills? From...
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...DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA EFFECT OF STUDENTS’ IMPROVISED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY. BY MBEREKPE AUGUSTINE, CHUKWUNYEREMUNWA REG NO: PG/M.ED/09/50813 SUPVERISOR: PROF: U. M. NZEWI JANUARY, 2013 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Science has been reorganized as the bedrock on which modern day technological breakthrough is hanged. The major goal of science education is to develop scientifically literate individuals that are concerned with high competence for rational thoughts and actions. The objectives of science education in this country according to Maduekwe (2006) include the need to prepare students to: Observe and explore the environment, explain simple natural phenomena, develop scientific attitudes including curiosity, critical reflection and objectivity, apply the skills and knowledge gained through science to solve everyday problems in the environment, develop self-confidence and self-reliance through problem solving activities in science. Nowadays, countries all over the world, especially the developing ones like Nigeria, are striving hard to develop technologically and scientifically, since the world is turning Scientific and all proper functioning of lives depend greatly on Science. According to Ogunleye (2006), Science is a dynamic human activity concerned...
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...patterns. Various economic indicators are released daily, weekly, monthly and/or quarterly which can result in an enormous amount of data to go through. Post-Secondary colleges and universities rather than wade through all data reports and economic indicators can select a few macroeconomic indicators to assist in meeting the challenges of the market to provide a quality and competitively priced education. Significant indicators used in this paper to aid in the decision making process for sustainability and growth for post-secondary education are inflation, the unemployment rate, interest rates and consumer confidence. This topic is of interest because for the past 35 years holding a four-year college degree has given workers a distinct advantage in the U.S. labor market. There is usually a large wage gap between college-educated working adults and those with high school degrees. With technological advances in the workplace and a growing reliance on computers, skilled workers are needed to apply for these technological positions. However, based on new trends the U.S. labor market now favors workers who hold a graduate degree (Valletta, 2015). It is because of these new trends we want to focus on the need for quality education and economic factors that will influence it. Economic Indicators & Post-Secondary Education Introduction Macroeconomic indicators are tools used by organizations and their leaders to help make decisions concerning the welfare, stability and growth...
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...Secondary schools were established to foster the English language and behaviour as well as protestant beliefs. In the class structured view of education which prevailed, secondary education was seen as a concern for the middle classes, who if they saw fit, should buy it as a commodity, just like any personal goods. Following the establishment of the Irish Free State in1922 the mode of state financing was altered to capitation grants for pupils in ‘recognised schools’ and incremental salaries for ‘recognised’ secondary school teachers. However the schools continued as purely private denominational institutions- free to conduct their own affairs once they complied with the rules for recognised status. The state established no ordinary secondary schools and the initiative was purely in voluntary hands. It was not until 1964 that the first state grant was given for capital expenditure on secondary schools. Expansion of Secondary Education in Ireland, 1924-60 Year Sec. schools No of Pupils 1924-25 278 22,997 1930-31 300 28,994 1940-41 352 38,713 1950-51 424 48,559 1960-61 526 76,843 (Coolahan, p.79) Introduction This essay will include four major developments which have occurred between the period 1922 and 1967. These developments have had the most impact on secondary education in Ireland and therefore it is important to cover these particular areas of development in education. The four main developments...
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...Bart Van Kerkhove Instructor: Andrew McCullough ENG 100 2 May 2008 Is the cost of post-secondary education in the United States too high? Everybody knows that the cost of higher education in the United States can be substantial. As a result a considerable number of students have to take up a part-time or even full-time job so they can cover not only tuition, but also rent and every day expenses. In some cases parents (or the students themselves) have to take (often big) loans to fulfill the financial needs. This work will research some issues that may arise surrounding this matter. First of all it will examine the general discrepancy in tuition between the United States and some other countries. Therefore I want to compare the general tuition cost at different universities worldwide. The following section will investigate in what way the life of the students and/or the parents may be affected by having to make financial and personal sacrifices to be able to pay for the tuition. In conclusion I will raise the question to what extent a country’s government is responsible to educate its population. Should post-secondary education be made more affordable, and how could this be accomplished? In order to compare tuition between several countries, only averages and overall figures are supplied. In reality the costs can be very divers, even when putting side by side universities located in a single country (like the United States). The idea is to present...
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...PERFORMANCE: A CASE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL M.S. Farooq1, A.H. Chaudhry1, M. Shafiq1, G. Berhanu2 1University of the Punjab, Pakistan 2University of Gothenburg, Sweden ABSTRACT This study was conducted to examine different factors influencing the academic performance of secondary school students in a metropolitan city of Pakistan. The respondents for this study were 10th grade students (300 male & 300 female). A survey was conducted by using a questionnaire for information gathering about different factors relating to academic performance of students. The academic performance was gauged by the result of their 9th grade annual examination. Standard t-test and ANOVA were applied to investigate the effect of different factors on students’ achievement. The results of the study revealed that socio-economic status (SES) and parents’ education have a significant effect on students’ overall academic achievement as well as achievement in the subjects of Mathematics and English. The high and average socio-economic level affects the performance more than the lower level. It is very interesting that parents’ education means more than their occupation in relation to their children’s academic performance at school. It was found that girls perform better than the male students. Keywords: Quality performance, achievement, socioeconomic status, demographic factors, gender and academic achievement. INTRODUCTION In this era of globalization and technological revolution, education is considered...
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...OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL M.S. Farooq1, A.H. Chaudhry1, M. Shafiq1, G. Berhanu2 1University of the Punjab, Pakistan 2University of Gothenburg, Sweden ABSTRACT This study was conducted to examine different factors influencing the academic performance of secondary school students in a metropolitan city of Pakistan. The respondents for this study were 10th grade students (300 male & 300 female). A survey was conducted by using a questionnaire for information gathering about different factors relating to academic performance of students. The academic performance was gauged by the result of their 9th grade annual examination. Standard t-test and ANOVA were applied to investigate the effect of different factors on students’ achievement. The results of the study revealed that socioeconomic status (SES) and parents’ education have a significant effect on students’ overall academic achievement as well as achievement in the subjects of Mathematics and English. The high and average socio-economic level affects the performance more than the lower level. It is very interesting that parents’ education means more than their occupation in relation to their children’s academic performance at school. It was found that girls perform better than the male students. Keywords: Quality performance, achievement, socioeconomic demographic factors, gender and academic achievement. status, INTRODUCTION In this era of globalization and technological revolution, education is ...
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...ACCA Qualification – Entry Requirements The basic entry requirements for each country are listed alphabetically. To find your country please click on the appropriate section below: A–C D–F G–I J–L M–O P–R S-U V–Z A Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan B Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi C Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China, People’s Republic Colombia Congo Republic Congo, Democratic Republic Costa Rica Top Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic D Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic E Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia F Fiji Finland France Top G Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana H Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary I Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) Top J Jamaica Japan Jordan K Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan L Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg M Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania ...
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