帮助一名学生就能帮一家人脱贫－专访北烁学校校长陈绍健

NorthLight School — Giving Less Academically Inclined Students Hope

2007年1月，专收小六会考两次不及格学生的北烁学校开学。在创校校长林艳卿领导下，原本是同年龄生学业成绩最底层的0.33%学生，三年后竟有86%完成学业，71%可以升学，34%可以升读工艺教育学院，北烁栽培学生的成果有目共睹。
北烁学校优先录取小六会考两次不及格生。2008年1月，有80个学额供160名都有校长推荐信的小六会考一次不及格学生"竞争"。北烁录取排名最底层的80名，其他80名以成绩不够差，被劝回校留级，翌年再考小六会考，有望及格。2011年1月，北烁才有了足够学额容纳所有小六会考一次不及格生，目前一次不及格生人数过半。

Before NorthLight School started in 2007, students who failed the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) had to repeat it twice before they could enrol in one of the two Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) operated by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE).
This was because both Geylang Serai VTC and Assumption Vocational Institute only took in students aged 14 and over. The attrition rate at these two centres was also exceptionally high — 60 per cent of students did not finish the two-year programme.