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Teachers voice “real problem” of performance appraisal system in S’pore, say it depends on “how much your reporting officer likes you”

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The real problem with the teacher performance appraisal system is that it is “subjective” and the teacher’s fate depends on “how much your RO [reporting officer] likes you”, said a teacher who claimed of having been in the teaching service for “quite a few years now”. Activist group Wake Up, Singapore put up a post … Read more

School safety requires a “collective role”; MOE does not want to risk engendering “siege mentality”: Chan Chun Sing

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Since the tragic alleged murder of a 13-year-old student by a fellow 16-year-old with an axe in River Valley High School, about 540 students and staff members have sought support from the Caring Action in Response to Emergencies (CARE) Post set up at the school, said Minister of Education Chan Chun Sing. Delivering a ministerial … Read more

MOE to update CCE syllabus for primary level; students’ ‘mental resilience’ is one of the desired outcomes: Chan Chun Sing

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Following the gruesome alleged murder of a 13-year-old student by a fellow 16-year-old with an axe in River Valley High School on 19 July, about 540 students and staff members have sought support from the Caring Action in Response to Emergencies (CARE) Post set up at the school, said Minister of Education Chan Chun Sing. … Read more

Lawrence Wong’s silence in relation to transgender student issue and DMA is deafening

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Minister for Education, Lawrence Wong (Wong), has been criticised for not addressing the mounting concerns that have arisen in the Ministry of Education (MOE) – that of the deployment of the Device Management Application (DMA) on the devices of students and that of how the Ministry has dealt with transgender students. In fact, Wong has … Read more

MOE needs to think about its Device Management Applications, beyond the immediate

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The Ministry of Education’s (MOE) plan to install device management applications (DMA) on at least one laptop/personal learning device per student has generated controversy and is the subject of an online petition to halt such measures –  a petition that is fast garnering signatories. How it works: In short, the DMA, once installed will give … Read more

Netizens claim students being “forced” by MOE to install device management application on personal laptops

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The Ministry of Education (MOE) has reportedly announced that Device Management Application (DMA) will be made compulsory for installation on students’ learning devices, be it personal devices or devices loaned from the school, for home-based learning purposes. The application comprises three main functions – namely classroom management, mobile device management and user management – which … Read more

Student’s allegations against MOE on hormonal treatment: Dissecting the facts and statements

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The Ministry of Education (MOE) has found itself in the middle of a firestorm of criticism amid claims from a transgender student that it blocked her hormone therapy on the basis that “students in MOE schools are under our control, and we have every right and say over their treatment“. While the MOE has seemingly … Read more

MOE says secondary schools, JCs, Millenia Institute can resume ‘lower-risk’ CCAs from 27 July; But MOH has warned S’pore must be prepared for second wave of COVID-19

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Secondary schools, junior colleges (JCs), and Millenia Institute may resume “lower-risk” co-curricular activities (CCAs) and other school activities with safe management measures in place from next Monday (27 July), said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Thursday (23 July). The MOE noted in a statement that secondary schools, JCs, and the Millenia Institute will have … Read more

MOE assures a concerned parent that creationism 'is not part of syllabus'

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In a series of sermons addressed to the megachurch Faith Community Baptist Church, Pastor Lawrence Khong launched a tirade against the Theory of Evolution. In one such sermon, which you can view a snippet of here, he argued that Darwin’s brainchild was “a real deception from the Devil.” “Every day we are subjected to a … Read more