By admin, on November 28th, 2009

Unfair to stream at early stage

Source: The Strait Times Forum Page, Page A32, 28 Nov 2009

Letter by: Lewis Wong

During my daughter’s Primary 1 orientation at Edgefield Primary School about a month ago, she was made to sit through a test of English and mathematics. A week later, when the school announced the Primary 1 class allocation on its [...]

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By admin, on May 9th, 2009

Don’t sacrifice sex education

Source: The Straits Times Page A18, 8 May 2009 Editorial

It would be a huge setback to teenagers’ personal development if sex education, per se, were to be pared back or sanitised because parents do not want their children to be given the ‘wrong message’. This is not a debate about liberal versus conservative. That is a [...]

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By admin, on May 7th, 2009

Why MOE suspended Aware project

Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A25, 7 May 2009 Letter by: Jennifer Chan (Ms), Press Secretary to Minister for Education

However, MOE’s assessment is that in some other aspects, the guide does not conform to MOE’s guidelines. In particular, some suggested responses in the instructor guide are explicit and inappropriate, and convey messages which could [...]

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