China's education system :
Education in China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens in China have to attend school for at least nine years. It is known as the nine-year compulsory education.
At the age of six or seven, the students will start their six years of primary education. This is a compulsory stage. Afterwards, at the age of 12, they will move on to 3 years of junior secondary education which is also known as junior middle school. Just like the primary school education, junior secondary education is compulsory. Following that, at the age of 15, they will have 3 years of senior high school education which is also known as middle school. This completes the secondary education. Lastly, they will move up to university or college education. The time taken for university and college varies. This is the education structure of China.
Comparison between China and Singapore's education system :
Education in Singapore is a little bit different with most state run schools with a few exceptions like some private schools and international schools. Singapore has a compulsory school age of 6 and they are required to go school which is also of nine years.
Just like China, students in Singapore will start their six years of primary education at ages 6 or 7. This is a compulsory stage. Afterwards, at the age of 12, students can choose to go to secondary school where they will ultimately take the O level where they get to choose to go to Junior Collage or Polytechnics or the Institute of Technical Education. After primary school, they can also choose to take the integrated programme stream or they can also choose to go to specialized independent schools or privately- funded schools. The students attending specialized independent schools or privately-funded schools will attain alternative qualifications when they graduate before entering the work place. Next, the students attending the institute of technical education upon graduating can choose to go to Polytechnics or go straight to work. Then, the students that took the integrated programme and junior college will take the A level where they can choose to go Universities or Polytechnics. Whereas the students in Polytechnics can either choose to go to Universities or go straight to work upon graduating. This is the educational structure of Singapore.
From this, you can see that one of the main differences between our educational system and China's educational system is that our system allows us to choose our own unique paths. Whereas in China there is only one designated path that you can take and there is no other ways around but in Singapore you can choose the many different paths in our educational system. We have the choice to pick the road where we prefer and do not have to walk down the same road as everybody else.
Information on Lida Secondary School :
Founded in 1996, the Suzhou Lida Middle School was transformed in 2005 into the state-controlled joint-venture Suzhou Lida school. The Suzhou High School Park affiliate was founded in 2003 and located in Suzhou Industrial Park.
In 2004, the school was classified as a four-star high school in Jiangsu Province. For three consecutive years since 1999, the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Jiangsu Provincial People's Government awarded the "Civilized Unit of Jiangsu Province pacesetter" honor.
It established friendly relations and cooperation with schools in Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries more than 10 universities (such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Waseda University, Japan). In 2007, Suzhou High School introduced the Cambridge International High School program.
Suzhou Lida School has grown into an educational establishment servicing a 2,165-strong students in 51 classes 7th through 9th grades.
Suzhou lira school is to mark its 10th anniversary with its own premises , covering close around 4 hectare, with beautiful surroundings around the new campus at Xinqiao lane. Many new facilities are introduced such as gyms, centresof art and dormitories designed for students coming from afar.
The teacher with Lida have won 77 awards in a wide range of competitions not only locally in Suzhou, but also nation-wide. They have also seen an annual publication of more than 100 educational research papers. The School Academic Committee has worked hard and been persistent throughout all these awards and still are.
Lida"s student body has always been the distinguishing mark of lida"s student body. Throughout the years, Lida secondary has consistently been participating in a variety of competitions. From 2002-2005, students from lida have grabbed 3-- awards in provincial competitions. Impressively, Lida boys and girl have also achieved brilliant accomplishments in the 28th Australian Mathematics Competition for the Westpac Awards in 2005. They took home 171 awards, which was unprecedented for a single school in the entire history of the competition.
Lida secondary definitely have great performance in academics. A good number of Lida students have been recommended and admitted to top senior high schools at both locally and internationally. In another development, senior high school graduates with Lida backgrounds merit no less an acclaim. In college entrance examinations, one Lida graduate ranked first and two topped the rest in jiangsu province.
3 questions
1. How are the students able to be so motivated to learn?
2. What is the difference between their lessons and ours?
3. How do the students deal with stress and workload?
