There is no doubt on the quality of MOE teachers as most if not all have an Uni degree.
However & sadly, the insignificant nobody me had experienced and seen how they work. They have KPI, career paths & salary to worry about and thus they mainly focus on the best students.
Students whom are slow learners would be left to their own devices and ignored....such as those whom desire for arts, sports, cooking, personal grooming & wellness, etc than the 3 r's....
Only our Northlight school where those students whom teachers had given up hope on, have truly dedicated teachers whom made a difference to young minds, whom are Humanity's future...
.in a world where most have PhD, the garage mechanic is KING, as he will be the only one willing to get his hands dirty and fix cars and dictate service charge, and become a billionaire...
The point is - it is NOT MOE teachers that pushed up the educational level of our youths
The REALITY of our academic success lays with the ancient Greek pedagoge system - one on one tutelage of keen minds as well as a life coach to each kid.
Just ask ANY Singaporean Uni kid if they had tutors,and one will realize 98% do have them....
Thus, if our neighbor wish to uplift & elevate citizens & their youths, the education ministry must look deeper, not just on quality of teachers, but the managed costs & pragmatic physiological uplifting of kids loving parents thru personal professional tutelage to give their loved ones a better chance in life,,,
Each Earthborn Human life is precious and means something special to another.
We Singaporeans will leave no one behind as best as we can, more so our beloved kids in their crucial formative years..(w)holistic.Education, pragmatic & without dogmas of religions or politics, will see hope, progress, evolution & survival.of Humanity...