Education: England learning from S’pore
Amidst all the angst (a foreign publication's take) about our educational system (tuition, PSLE exams etc), pause and reflect please, especially netizens. In England, reforms are underway so that: • Slower learners will try to pass the new exam a year or two later than their peers (like our 5 yr O levels and 3 yr A levels,...
Labour report snippets: Looking good?
I refer to the Labour Market report Q2 2010 released on 14 September. 79,000 unemployed “Some 79,000 residents including 69,900 Singapore citizens were unemployed in June 2012” Most unemployed degree holders “While their unemployment rate was the lowest among the education groups (3.3%), degree holders formed the largest...
Dissenting voices – Listen to them rather than vilify them
Dr. Wong Wee Nam calls on Mr. Lawrence Wong to listen to dissenting voices, rather than vilify them. The Senior Minister of State for Education and Information, Communications and the Arts, Mr. Lawrence Wong, wrote in his Facebook blog a few days ago that he had some heaviness in his heart as he watched some incidents unfolding...
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