Respect and tolerance are the cornerstones of society, not English language proficiency

respect and tolerance are the cornerstones of society not english language proficiency

On February 27th, the Secretary-General of the Workers’ Party, Pritam Singh, proposed in Parliament that English language proficiency be used as a selection criterion for new immigrants. Language, religion, and race are sensitive issues that can touch the nerves of many people, resulting in newspaper comments and public discussions. This proposal has no practical effect […]

Chee Soon Juan reacts to removal of streaming in secondary schools

chee, soon, juan, stream, students

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀. 𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 The reason why MOE is now completely doing away with streaming today is because they have fine-tuned it, customised it to meet every child’s needs. Instead of 3 broad stream (Exp, NA, NT), there are […]