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Effectively, like the CEE, you have to do splendidly well in all the subjects to gain the top spots in the 'best' high schools. The writing tasks incorporated in the GSAT and other critical skills elements make for a more 'comprehensive' testing, some will argue. But a similar defence can be made for the 'multiple choice structure' I use the term multiple choice for familiarity sake of the defunct CEE.
As a matter of fact, some very credible educational literature, which I won't quote here because of space constraints, posit that multiple choice exams are better measurements of critical thinking. It is a fallacy to believe that simply because an examination is made up of multiple choice items; it only tests simple recall and not higher-order thinking.
There are multiple choice examinations and then there are multiple choice examinations. Again, it is not the type and structure of the examination which decides how well children perform, it is the quality of preparation, the quality of the preparers, parents and how well the prepared does on the day.
All of the four Ps have direct linkages to socio-economic realities. Simply, no matter how you shape and structure primary school exit examinations, the children of parents from the middle, upper middle and upper socio-economic classes will more often do better than their peers in the lower socio-economic brackets.
We have an elitist education system that is underfunded. Sixteen new secondary schools, initially, were 'upgraded' to high school status. While some argue to this day that upgrading as a policy is predicated on a formula of deception, rooted in smoke and mirrors, I disagree in part. Many of these schools are doing quite well academically and in sports. There is ample empirical evidence for that.
Space again prevents me from delivering fulsomely. In this instance nothing of great separation. It is important that we don't play ring-a, ring-a rosy with our primary school exit examination lest we come up with a pocket 'full of posey. Some comments may be republished on the website or in the newspaper; email addresses will not be published.
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