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Dr John Yam Poh Nam, Ph.D. (University of South Australia), MBA (University of Strathclyde), B. Eng, Electrical (National University of Singapore) 任保南博士 南澳大利亚大学, 斯特拉思克莱德大学, 新加坡国立大学 Council Member of The Workers' Party, Served as Inspector of Police - Singapore Police Force (1981-83)

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Singapore Inc & Elitism in our Education System

Applying 80/20 rule for the allocation & deployment of scarce resources is only relevant for strategic management by business enterprises, but not applicable to our education system. Our education policy should provide pupils with equal opportunities to pursue & fulfill their dreams & aspirations at all stages of their growth & development. Human talents should be regarded as strategic assets to be developed. The system is overly focused on performance ranking, academic achievement and the acquisition of skills to prepare students for the rat race and paper chase. Moral education and character developments seem lacking, if the increasing reports on teenage suicide and sex are anything to go by. Have we done enough to get to the root causes of these social problems? The current system of school ranking and teacher performance appraisals need to be reviewed. Is there a mistake by MOE here - practice of elitism in our educaton system: aggressive streaming, ranking and branding of our schools? Streaming starts too young for our pupils here,小六定终身,真可怕!Say no to "Singapore Inc" approach to our pupils, 拒绝分流!"Singapore Inc" approach is irrelevant here and outdated.
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