Parents say private schools' admission tests aim to exclude

[reactor_sa]

Next thing the guavamint will do their damndest to outlaw admission tests.... "It's discriminatory!!!"

Or implement BEE/AA in schools. 80% and all that...

 

[rambo919]

I think that if you are a parent seeking a better standard of education for your child, regardless of their ability, you should be able to access that if you can pay for it. Even the lesser abled child can still achieve more of their potential if given a proper education. The school offering to start the applicants who don't do well in test at a lower grade seems like a reasonable solution to me.

These schools market themselves as exclusive.... if they take in anyone with enough money then their sole reason for being ceases to exist. There are plenty of other schools for rich kids.... the reason parents want their kids in exclusive schools is their own ego's.

 

[RedViking]

So they basically told her, her kid is not ready for Gr. 8?

 

[SaiyanZ]

So I think its a good thing for people to hear that private schools have good results because they have high admissions requirements, not because they are good at education.

So there is little value in sending your kid to one of these schools for the "best education", they will just kick your kid out if they don't perform.

This is not what a school is supposed to be. This is why I say people should know and understand this.
Its a private school so they can accept who they want.

I don't think comparing to universities is a good example either. They serve a different purpose, they create a pool of skills and research for the country, they are government funded. They are not private schools.

The tests do make sense to see at what level the child is otherwise they will just fail and/or hold back the rest of the class as they will need special attention.

The other thing they could do is accept the child but make him/her start a grade lower and lose a year whilst they get up to the private school level, but that would probably cause more outrage.

 

[Nerfherder]

The tests do make sense to see at what level the child is otherwise they will just fail and/or hold back the rest of the class as they will need special attention.

The other thing they could do is accept the child but make him/her start a grade lower and lose a year whilst they get up to the private school level, but that would probably cause more outrage.

Yes, ultimately a school like this can't cater for everyone. If your needs are different then its not the best place for you.

 

[Nerfherder]

These schools market themselves as exclusive.... if they take in anyone with enough money then their sole reason for being ceases to exist. There are plenty of other schools for rich kids.... the reason parents want their kids in exclusive schools is their own ego's.

Most of it is about the parents.

 

[quovadis]

I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of black students at Crawford that have passed the exam. Moving on.

 

[quovadis]

The other thing they could do is accept the child but make him/her start a grade lower and lose a year whilst they get up to the private school level, but that would probably cause more outrage.

That's actually stated in the article.

 

[Grant]

And in other news:
Athletics academy refuses to enroll amputees for 100m sprint training

 

[mercurial]

Retards not welcome. What's the problem?

 

[R13...]

This is an interesting new phenomenon, these expensive private schools tend to take in only the lazy and domkoppe who are only helped along because their parents are able to pay for armies of tutors and what not to push them along. Obviously not everyone is that type but in general that's how they appear when you see them in varsity.

 

[ForceFate]

The tests do make sense to see at what level the child is otherwise they will just fail and/or hold back the rest of the class as they will need special attention.

The other thing they could do is accept the child but make him/her start a grade lower and lose a year whilst they get up to the private school level, but that would probably cause more outrage.

She's currently at a private school.

 

[rambo919]

This is an interesting new phenomenon, these expensive private schools tend to take in only the lazy and domkoppe who are only helped along because their parents are able to pay for armies of tutors and what not to push them along. Obviously not everyone is that type but in general that's how they appear when you see them in varsity.

The one's too stupid to do anything other than relieving themselves of the few braincells they have left by partying non-stop?

 

[grok]

I demand that all supermodels drop their insular standards which are meant to exclude & immediately open their punani to me.
They must scrap those benchmarks which they use to cherry-pick the best and allow average folk like me access to prime punani too.
Down with supermodel exclusionary and elitist behavior concentrating on only top male specimens to make their offspring look great!

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

In this game of political Hold'em, I expect to see the following 2 cards on the Flop:

Racist
Culturely Biased

...and then mamma will go all in.

 

[Knyro]

Easy way to game the system. Get them into the private schools that go from grade R all the way to matric right from the start. Much easier than passing a Grade 8 entance test. IIRC my "test" in Grade 0 was just talking to a few teachers at the time, so that they could gauge my aptitute.

Couldn't have been that hard judging from the idiots that were in my grade with me.

This is an interesting new phenomenon, these expensive private schools tend to take in only the lazy and domkoppe who are only helped along because their parents are able to pay for armies of tutors and what not to push them along. Obviously not everyone is that type but in general that's how they appear when you see them in varsity.

When you've got the hook up and are guaruanteed to get a job at Daddy's firm and are set to later inherit it, you've got next to no incentive to study unless you really want to. I know lots of dumb/lazy fscks that are multi-millionaires now because of the above.

 

[Arksun]

Parents say private schools' admission tests aim to exclude

SA's private schools have been accused of being exclusionary and elitist by using entrance tests to cherry-pick only the most intelligent pupils for enrolment - seemingly to secure good pass rates.

www.timeslive.co.za

EFF riot in 3.. 2.. 1..

 

[TysonRoux]

Captain obvious has spoken.

 

[satanboy]

Parents say private schools' admission tests aim to exclude

No! It aims to include.



Looks like parents are dumber than bricks

 

[rietrot]

I think a parent that will run to the media with this sob story should be the biggest disqualifying factor.