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S'pore should not import "Western culture wars" or allow gender identity issues to divide society, says Education Minister Lawrence Wong - The Online Citizen Asia
S’pore should not import “Western culture wars” or allow gender identity issues to divide society, says Education Minister Lawrence Wong
by kathleen
01/02/2021
Reading Time: 2min read
We should not import the “culture wars” of countries in the West into Singapore or allow gender identity to divide the city-state’s society, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament on Monday (1 February).
Responding to a Parliamentary question from Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament for Sengkang GRC He Ting Ru, who asked about the Ministry of Education’s policies and guidelines on students with gender dysphoria, Mr Wong said that the MOE strives to provide a supportive school environment to support students holistically.
The Minister said that as gender dysphoria is a medical condition that varies from person to person. Treatments for gender dysphoria, thus, are also tailored to the individual.
He asserted, “All medical treatment decisions, including the use of hormone replacement therapy, ultimately rest with medical professionals, [as well as] the person with gender dysphoria and their family.”
“Where minors are concerned, meaning anyone below the age of 21, parental consent is required before any hormonal treatment can commence,” he added.
He then stated that such decisions are “beyond the purview of MOE or any education institution,” adding that the Ministry’s focus lies in the school environment and the students themselves.
“We have a duty of care of every student,” said Mr Wong.
For students with gender dysphoria, the Minister said that the main focus of the MOE is in “continuing to provide them with a conducive learning environment” and to “support their overall wellbeing.”
“Recognising that the issues are complex and that there are diverse opinions among students and their parents, we strive to deal with these situations sensitively and with compassion,” he continued.
On Ms He’s question on the level of autonomy schools have in setting policies in this issue, Mr Wong explained that rules are in place to help students cultivate self-discipline.
However, he added later, “Where there are valid medical grounds, schools can exercise flexibility and work out practical arrangements for these students.”
“The schools will consult and work closely with different stakeholders including the relevant medical professionals, the students concerned and their parents, in putting in place these arrangements,” he said.
Adding that each matter is dealt with individually as each student’s situation is unique, the MOE’s guiding principle is to treat students with dignity and respect and to provide students with as much support as possible.
“Issues of gender identity have become bitterly contested sources of division in the culture wars in some Western countries and societies. We should not import these culture wars into Singapore or allow gender identity to divide our society,” he said.
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S’pore should not import “Western culture wars” or allow gender identity issues to divide society, says Education Minister Lawrence Wong
by kathleen
01/02/2021
Reading Time: 2min read
We should not import the “culture wars” of countries in the West into Singapore or allow gender identity to divide the city-state’s society, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament on Monday (1 February).
Responding to a Parliamentary question from Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament for Sengkang GRC He Ting Ru, who asked about the Ministry of Education’s policies and guidelines on students with gender dysphoria, Mr Wong said that the MOE strives to provide a supportive school environment to support students holistically.
The Minister said that as gender dysphoria is a medical condition that varies from person to person. Treatments for gender dysphoria, thus, are also tailored to the individual.
He asserted, “All medical treatment decisions, including the use of hormone replacement therapy, ultimately rest with medical professionals, [as well as] the person with gender dysphoria and their family.”
“Where minors are concerned, meaning anyone below the age of 21, parental consent is required before any hormonal treatment can commence,” he added.
He then stated that such decisions are “beyond the purview of MOE or any education institution,” adding that the Ministry’s focus lies in the school environment and the students themselves.
“We have a duty of care of every student,” said Mr Wong.
For students with gender dysphoria, the Minister said that the main focus of the MOE is in “continuing to provide them with a conducive learning environment” and to “support their overall wellbeing.”
“Recognising that the issues are complex and that there are diverse opinions among students and their parents, we strive to deal with these situations sensitively and with compassion,” he continued.
On Ms He’s question on the level of autonomy schools have in setting policies in this issue, Mr Wong explained that rules are in place to help students cultivate self-discipline.
However, he added later, “Where there are valid medical grounds, schools can exercise flexibility and work out practical arrangements for these students.”
“The schools will consult and work closely with different stakeholders including the relevant medical professionals, the students concerned and their parents, in putting in place these arrangements,” he said.
Adding that each matter is dealt with individually as each student’s situation is unique, the MOE’s guiding principle is to treat students with dignity and respect and to provide students with as much support as possible.
“Issues of gender identity have become bitterly contested sources of division in the culture wars in some Western countries and societies. We should not import these culture wars into Singapore or allow gender identity to divide our society,” he said.
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Lawrence Wong's silence in relation to transgender student issue and DMA is deafening - The Online Citizen Asia
Lawrence Wong’s silence in relation to transgender student issue and DMA is deafening
by Ghui
01/02/2021
Reading Time: 4min read
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 so far not publicly commented on these issues.
The DMA
MOE recently announced its plan to install DMAs on at least one laptop/personal learning device per student.
Unsurprisingly, this announcement has generated online furore given that it will essentially give MOE the power to monitor what students can or cannot do and will effectively give MOE access to whatever the student is viewing on that device. Not only is this a huge infringement of privacy, but it is also a security risk.
Installation of DMAs on students who use their own or family laptops for online learning would also means giving the MOE unfettered access to their personal devices in which are stored their personal files of not only the student but the family as well. The DMA would also allow teachers to restrict and control the types of applications that are installed on the devices. Privacy and control, in this case, becomes non-existent.
On the point of security, if the central program is compromised, all devices and all students will be similarly compromised. All it would take is one person to hack into a teacher’s devices for them to gain access to all students’ devices which are connected.
Has MOE given due consideration to these risks?
After all, it was not so long ago that the data systems of the Ministry of Health were spectacularly compromised.
Besides, is MOE hijacking the role of parents? It should, after all, be the parents who have the right to supervise what their children should or should not be viewing, not the MOE.
There have also been concerns raised on whether teachers would be competent in handling such a programme and what kind of protection students would have from “overzealous” educators in charge of managing the application.
The roll-out of the DMA has generated so much controversy that it is the subject of an online petition that is fast garnering signatories.
At this juncture, one would have thought that Wong would say something. But no, he has steadfastly remained silent.
A silence that is deafening.
The treatment of transgender students
A transgender student, Ashlee, had recently used a throwaway account on reddit/r/SGExams, to recount her difficult experience in school, specifically with MOE allegedly interfering with her hormone replacement therapy treatment that was prescribed by her doctor after she was diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
This saga quickly erupted as the LGBT community and other concerned citizens banded around Ashlee with LGBT groups issuing a statement of solidarity with her.
While the MOE has issued two statements on its Facebook page which attempt to deny the allegations, its statements did not address Ashlee by name and the first statement even erroneously used the male pronoun instead of the female to describe Ashlee: “...can support his schooling better”.
How can the MOE proffer to support transgender students if it cannot even use the correct pronoun?
At this stage of the game, Wong should really have stepped up as the leader of MOE to address the situation before it escalated further.
Unfortunately, he did not. His silence may well have contributed to why some members of the public felt they had no choice but to hold a peaceful protest outside the MOE. Wong as the Minister for Education in charge of MOE had seemingly ignored their concerns.
To make matters worse, the harmless individuals were swiftly arrested by the police simply for attempting to shine a spotlight on inequality within our education system without causing any damage or violence.
One would have thought that Wong would finally address this personally. But no, still he remains silent.
Among those arrested included students under the purview of MOE. Doesn’t the Minister feel any sense of responsibility towards them?
Things have reached the point where teachers, social workers and other professionals in the education and social work fields have, for the first time ever, jointly and publicly issued a statement of support for transgender students, which has called on MOE to not only take into account healthcare professionals’ opinions in its policies but to also consult the relevant students and their families in the process.
Where is the Minister amid these developments? He is at the helm of MOE as the Minister for Education – where is Wong’s sense of leadership? How can he seemingly hide behind the institution instead of fronting it personally?
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Lawrence Wong’s silence in relation to transgender student issue and DMA is deafening
by Ghui
01/02/2021
Reading Time: 4min read
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 so far not publicly commented on these issues.
The DMA
MOE recently announced its plan to install DMAs on at least one laptop/personal learning device per student.
Unsurprisingly, this announcement has generated online furore given that it will essentially give MOE the power to monitor what students can or cannot do and will effectively give MOE access to whatever the student is viewing on that device. Not only is this a huge infringement of privacy, but it is also a security risk.
Installation of DMAs on students who use their own or family laptops for online learning would also means giving the MOE unfettered access to their personal devices in which are stored their personal files of not only the student but the family as well. The DMA would also allow teachers to restrict and control the types of applications that are installed on the devices. Privacy and control, in this case, becomes non-existent.
On the point of security, if the central program is compromised, all devices and all students will be similarly compromised. All it would take is one person to hack into a teacher’s devices for them to gain access to all students’ devices which are connected.
Has MOE given due consideration to these risks?
After all, it was not so long ago that the data systems of the Ministry of Health were spectacularly compromised.
Besides, is MOE hijacking the role of parents? It should, after all, be the parents who have the right to supervise what their children should or should not be viewing, not the MOE.
There have also been concerns raised on whether teachers would be competent in handling such a programme and what kind of protection students would have from “overzealous” educators in charge of managing the application.
The roll-out of the DMA has generated so much controversy that it is the subject of an online petition that is fast garnering signatories.
At this juncture, one would have thought that Wong would say something. But no, he has steadfastly remained silent.
A silence that is deafening.
The treatment of transgender students
A transgender student, Ashlee, had recently used a throwaway account on reddit/r/SGExams, to recount her difficult experience in school, specifically with MOE allegedly interfering with her hormone replacement therapy treatment that was prescribed by her doctor after she was diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
This saga quickly erupted as the LGBT community and other concerned citizens banded around Ashlee with LGBT groups issuing a statement of solidarity with her.
While the MOE has issued two statements on its Facebook page which attempt to deny the allegations, its statements did not address Ashlee by name and the first statement even erroneously used the male pronoun instead of the female to describe Ashlee: “...can support his schooling better”.
How can the MOE proffer to support transgender students if it cannot even use the correct pronoun?
At this stage of the game, Wong should really have stepped up as the leader of MOE to address the situation before it escalated further.
Unfortunately, he did not. His silence may well have contributed to why some members of the public felt they had no choice but to hold a peaceful protest outside the MOE. Wong as the Minister for Education in charge of MOE had seemingly ignored their concerns.
To make matters worse, the harmless individuals were swiftly arrested by the police simply for attempting to shine a spotlight on inequality within our education system without causing any damage or violence.
One would have thought that Wong would finally address this personally. But no, still he remains silent.
Among those arrested included students under the purview of MOE. Doesn’t the Minister feel any sense of responsibility towards them?
Things have reached the point where teachers, social workers and other professionals in the education and social work fields have, for the first time ever, jointly and publicly issued a statement of support for transgender students, which has called on MOE to not only take into account healthcare professionals’ opinions in its policies but to also consult the relevant students and their families in the process.
Where is the Minister amid these developments? He is at the helm of MOE as the Minister for Education – where is Wong’s sense of leadership? How can he seemingly hide behind the institution instead of fronting it personally?
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Don’t talk about gender equality and same pay until women also serve 2 years NS.
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Anything they don't like, they say don't follow Western norms.
They should just address the issue at hand - but no they must go
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giving personal or religious beliefts.
They should just address the issue at hand - but no they must go
round talk cock to make themselves like some humanities intellectual
giving personal or religious beliefts.
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it appears that the basis of rules and laws in Singapore is driven by the need to curb the behaviour of the offending minority.
or in plain English... the majority are oppressed by the stupidity of the minority.
just coz of a few (less than 5?) unsupervised, self radicalized teens, the DMA is being forced onto our children.
case in point, limits on withdrawal of cpf so that a few dirty uncles won't spend it all in Batam.
we are ruled by the lowest common denominator. sad at how governance has deteriorated to this level.
or in plain English... the majority are oppressed by the stupidity of the minority.
just coz of a few (less than 5?) unsupervised, self radicalized teens, the DMA is being forced onto our children.
case in point, limits on withdrawal of cpf so that a few dirty uncles won't spend it all in Batam.
we are ruled by the lowest common denominator. sad at how governance has deteriorated to this level.
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