Cognitus Academy (Goldhill Plaza)

Some children write plenty in English exams, yet their marks stay stuck because they are not giving examiners what they look for.

Cognitus Academy in Goldhill Plaza, Novena, is an English specialist founded by Dr Daniel Chua, a former MOE Head of Department, national exam marker and lecturer at the National Institute of Education.

How the centre teaches

While teaching gifted classes at MOE, Dr Chua found that many students outside the GEP could also benefit from the critical thinking taught there. That became the centre's Critical Reading and Writing approach: students learn the logic behind each question type, study how the hardest past-year questions are built, and practise writing with precision. Class tests and mock exams are deliberately set harder than the real paper, and score reports track each child's progress.

Teachers go through three months of training before they teach, and the curriculum team includes former MOE teachers, Heads of Department and exam markers.

Programmes

Primary 3 to 6 English
Primary Creative Writing
Secondary 1 to 4 English

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