No matter how good or bad the quality of the teaching, administrative fiat can compensate for it by controlling who takes the exams better than who prepares the students for exams, and ensuring that, no matter how they are taught, they work hard on their own.
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Local universities are already offering limited travel opportunities through international exchange programs, international internship schemes and summer school. However, these programs are selective (financially and/or academically) and thus only benefit a minority faction among the student population.
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Singapore and China are terrible models of education for any nation that aspires to remain a pluralistic democracy. They have not succeeded on their own business-oriented terms, and they have energetically suppressed imagination and analysis when it comes to the future of the nation and the tough choices that lie before it.
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By merely leaning on an obvious Christian formulation of sexual morality, there is not just a flagrant disregard for how complex and varied the world operates with various other codes and conventions peculiar to different cultures and polities, it also entrenches students in a myth that there can and should only be an absolute...
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To woo Singaporeans studying medicine overseas to return home to practice, it takes more than just a pre-employment grant. The compatibility between overseas medicine programs and local residency programs not only must be improved, local university hospitals may host electives to allow overseas Singaporean medical students to take as part of their university program.
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Streaming has always been part and parcel of our education system. Those whom are in the know of secondary education in Singapore would understand the terms “Special”, “Express” and “Normal”, which describes the academic abilities of students from “best” to “worst” as determined by our National Examination, the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).
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Last Saturday, the Reform Party's Seminar on Education attracted a crowd of 60 people that included teachers, working adults and students. This is the second seminar in the series of seminars organised by the Reform Party.
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Watch out for political indoctrination in Singapore's education system. Donaldson Tan
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Government must do more for the disabled. Donaldson Tan
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We need to expand academic freedom in Singapore.
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