// Hurray to changes in education system //

I think it's very logical for to introduce the so-called 'through-train' programme to N level students.
All along, I've always thought that it is rather unfair for students in N(A) stream to undergo 2 national exams consecutively.
Students in the express stream are said to be stressed out by the O levels and teachers pressured by the need to finish the syllabus, so much so that it suppressed students' curiosity and fascination on a particular subject. Hence, the through-train programme was introduced.
What about N(A) stream students? I really thought they suffered a worse fate.

The through-train programme for N(A) students might sort of remove the stigma that these students are less capable than express students, hence parents might become more willing to send their children to N(A) stream if their PSLE grades are the in-betweens.
However, the pressure of students might not be totally gone, wouldn't the parents want their children to enter this programme in order to secure a place in poly, and finally uni?


As for the IP for express students, I wonder why there is a need for a JC to specify the feeder secondary schools.
Isn't that akin to segregating the student population?
Perhaps some schools, for eg VS IP students going to VJC seems reasonable.
But specifying some other non-affliated, non-related school to a JC seems to me, a signal telling the students, hey our IP students goes there, so if even if you're not, after your O levels, you should be heading to that JC too.
But of course, even without such 'obvious' differentiation in the non-IP era, many students of a secondary school would also flock to the same one or two JC, either due to similar culture or vicinity.

Sigh. The race to the top is never-ending.