Omotakins:
I'm a man, but was almost shedding tears reading ur post. Thanks very much. My wife called my attention to some mark she saw on my son's back. It was that of being caned. The school sets parameters determining promotion into d next class. They believe that at that level he must be able to write 1-20, a-z and count well. He does nothing of these in school and doesn't respond. Extremely quiet and hardly eats his food in school but will recite all poems, count 1-50, a-z not write beyond 4 with few letters, demand for food if he's hungry, plays very well at home.

I'm thinking maybe the school is not suitable for him. An idea is maybe take him to a school with smaller class sizes. Maybe he finds it hard to cope with so many children and is shybrid. How does he socialise with other kids at home

@ Omotakins

I forgot to mention that not long after, we changed daycares and the change from no talking to talking was instantaneous. We always asked our kid the reason for the silence at daycare but we never got any real response. It was basically "no reason" so I guess it was just hard for the toddler to articulate a response.

I hope things have been resolved for the better.

Omotakins:
My son(almost 4yrs) is in the reception class. He doesn't respond to teachings at school, doesn't talk or play. This is the exact opposite at home. Plays very well at home, sings and talks about all he's taught in the school. He responds very well to the teachings of his home teacher. His teacher in school is saying he will repeat class 'cos there is nothing to show he's learnt things. What do I do? Teachers, educators and Co, ur help is needed pls.

Ask your kid why he does not like the school. The problem is likely from the class teacher. Change him to a more child-friendly teacher, or change the whole school (because he may already associate this school with discomfort). Take him along when you want to register him, ask to see the teacher that will teach him and assess how she relates with him and with other kids (go preferably during school hours). Some intelligent children tend to be overshy if they are not used to interacting with different people, and they need to be cajoled a little before they come out of their shell. Teaching kids at this age needs real skills and an impatient or uncaring teacher can really wreck an intelligent child's ability to start off on the right note.
I have a bad memory of my first year ever in school, through an unthoughtful statement made by my first teacher, laughable now, but horrifying at the time, so I can identify with what your son could be going through.