Here is a view from one Member of Parliament
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120918-0000046/MP-echoes-calls-for-PSLE-to-be-scrapped
He asked, "is there an alternative?"
We should use the PSLE to determine who has passed, and who has failed. The passing rate should be 90% or higher. After a person has passed PSLE, he can go to a secondary school near the home, to be decided by ballot. There should not be any good school and bad school. The school is to educate people to be literate, numerate and people of good character. It is not a place for competing to be scholars.
After a few years, we will see a better distribution of students across all schools and the difference between good and bad schools will narrow sharply. All schools will be "good" in their own way - in sports, arts or academia. It will depend on the talents of the students.
This is my contribution to the National Conversation.
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC120918-0000046/MP-echoes-calls-for-PSLE-to-be-scrapped
He asked, "is there an alternative?"
We should use the PSLE to determine who has passed, and who has failed. The passing rate should be 90% or higher. After a person has passed PSLE, he can go to a secondary school near the home, to be decided by ballot. There should not be any good school and bad school. The school is to educate people to be literate, numerate and people of good character. It is not a place for competing to be scholars.
After a few years, we will see a better distribution of students across all schools and the difference between good and bad schools will narrow sharply. All schools will be "good" in their own way - in sports, arts or academia. It will depend on the talents of the students.
This is my contribution to the National Conversation.
Rotate the teachers amongst the schools if we want to narrow the difference between good & bad schools.
ReplyDeleteI support your call for students to be posted to their nearest school. This was the policy in pre-PAP days. My cohort in the suburban school became leading lights in their professions. The PAP concentrated resources in a few places to promote an elitist group which then replicates to the detriment of society at large.
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