Commentaries
Letter to Heng Swee Keat, Education Minister
The following is an excerpt of a Facebook posting on Ms Monica Lim’s page:
The recent polls have triggered many dramatic changes, the biggest of which is PM’s consistent refrain for transformation.
In this spirit, I’m writing to you to ask whole-heartedly for a transformation of our education system. If not a complete transformation, at least a holistic review of some of the basic tenets by which education policies in this country are made.
As a parent with one child in secondary school and another in primary school with contrasting abilities, I have, over the years, become increasingly frustrated and disturbed by many areas of our education system which I feel are not edifying to the development of children. At the risk of sounding like one of those domineering, opinionated mothers, let me try to persuade you, from the point of view of a concerned parent, why a change is due.
You can read the full letter here.
Picture from XIN MSN.

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