The Education System is in need of a revolution.

[zhihau]

The question is 'Examination to test for ...?
There must be a paradigm shift in the mindset of the decision-makers and the people. With today's LEEders, it's unlikeLEE.

It was mentioned before: what counts isn't counted.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

When you call education a business, that's very much like the mindset of the PAP... they have pandered too much to their "customers"

It's a business when you use your money and effort to venture into something where there is no guarantee of return of capital investment. Education is one business where it is part money-making and part community service. Furthermore, there is the element of risk. The PAP's mindset is veLEE LEE different. Pander is right term to describe but the PAP's 'customer' is always the SELF. Please don't even associate Education with the unscrupulous, manipulative and $$$elf-$$$erving PAP.

 

[zhihau]

True words from an educationalist. EJucation for Life.

ejaculation for life!

tantric sex is the best!!!

 

[zhihau]

Please don't even associate Education with the unscrupulous, manipulative and $$$elf-$$$erving PAP.

I don't, I just butcher minds.

 

[zhihau]

Are our people not good enough or is there something very wrong with our education system or our overseas-educated PAP LEEders?

our education system had been chasing band wagons for the longest time!
from manufacturing to proteomics in the 80s, IT and biotech in the 90s, genetics and stem-cells at the turn of the century. What gives?

 

[zhihau]

For the children of tomorrow, the journey starts with the caring parents.

Bro,
do you go out often? I see parents and children glued to their devices at dinner tables in restaurants, MRT, buses...

 

[hofmann]

I see the problem our primary schools face from a resource point of view. I would argue the current setup of 6-8 classes per primary school level is inefficient.

Primary schools should merge into institutions the size of polytechnics/ITEs. Professional administrators will run all admin and ccas and teachers will focus on teaching. With their reduced load, they can take more periods per day and allow for smaller class sizes.

Streaming can continue but there should be greater "social mobilty" with the school.... Pupils should be able to jump tracks easily according to their developmental speed.

Good/elite teachers will emerge and form a core team within each institution and their best practices can easily be shared within the institution.

Primary school subjects should include modular non-examinable ones, allowing children to explore different fields from an early age. Eg Instead of having robotics as a CCA, make it a module within the core curriculum.

CCAs should split clearly into sports/music/arts vs Academic ones like debate/robotics etc the latter will be taken out and incorporated into modules within the cirrciculum.

Eventually, there will be a 60-40 split in the students' time between PSLE subjects and non-examinable ones.

MEGA-primary schools are a more efficient use of resources.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

some say common sense is not common- movers and shakers of the world made good use of their common sense, to monetise common sense is a separate issue altogether.

Everyone has common sense. Everyone knows what is doing good to benefit others. Education allows one to perceived as doing good and simultaneously be richly rewarded, in kinds and/or in monetary terms. The true beauty is that it allows one to make money without people quibbling and fully understanding the extent. In genuine education, monetisation comes naturally.

 

[zhihau]

Pupils should be able to jump tracks easily according to their developmental speed.

the Finnish system started this a while back. Some Japanese pre-school is like a huge playground built on a tree-top house.

 

[zhihau]

In genuine education, monetisation comes naturally.

where did the term "穷书生" arise?

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

our education system had been chasing band wagons for the longest time!
from manufacturing to proteomics in the 80s, IT and biotech in the 90s, genetics and stem-cells at the turn of the century. What gives?

True, but where are the band wagons heading to? When we have $$$elf-$$$serving PAP LEEders controlling and directing, it is not surprising to guess where the band wagons would finalLEE end up.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

Bro,
do you go out often? I see parents and children glued to their devices at dinner tables in restaurants, MRT, buses...

It does show that the parents do care. Every parent, in his/her own mind, is doing the best to provide for the child. Intention and Actuality are usually not complementary. We pay for our ignorance and lack of knowledge and skills.
The capable should educate and guide the less able, if ever possible.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

the Finnish system started this a while back. Some Japanese pre-school is like a huge playground built on a tree-top house.

Yes, a lovely and lively environment for the children to go to every day. It's quite impo$$ible in $$$money-fir$t PAP country. Even when the PAP does it, it is always $$$$money-fir$t priority. There is always the hidden agenda behind.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

where did the term "穷书生" arise?

Then and now? Furthermore, "穷书生" must apply what was learnt and not always remain a Learning Scholar.
Yes, Pay to Learn but what is the point of Learning without Applying.
"穷书生" deserves to be "穷" when he/she doesn't know how to "生".

 

[eatshitndie]

Is College Worth It?


Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do About It

i always encourage all doctors, engineers, accountants, industrial designers to learning coding to put their knowledge and sexperience into code. millions of open source contributions will self-cull and self-regulate themselves due to peer reviews, testing, and mass-based proof of concept. it will be more powerful and reliable than the knowledge and sexperience of individual practitioners. that's how some of the best algorithms and subroutines are derived, almost to the point of perfection.

 

[JohnTan]

I sent my kids to the best elite schools there are, and pumped in thousands of dollars each year for tuition. On top of that, my son and daughter have enrichment classes for piano. It is all worth it when my kids bag that prestigious PSC or SAF scholarship.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

where did the term "穷书生" arise?

Pay to Learn...LOL
In Singapore, many people just don't understand what is to be learnt...
Thus, itis no surprise that it's always ...Pay and Pay.
PAP's Life-long Learning for all Singaporeans.

 

[tanwahtiu]

If Singapore was a Jap colony still after WW2 Sinkie will hv better quality life style under the Jap.

Look at what happen to Sinkie after the evil BE returned and continue ruling it become a opium trade 40% economy drug region. Does Sinkie become better under BE then?

No. Opium smoking dens are rampants hundreds of opium smoking dens were opened by Pommiese for easy drug money send back to UK.

In UK the Pomnies can spend all days and weeks played their stupid golf n cricket games with easy drug money...

 

[eatshitndie]

If Singapore was a Jap colony still after WW2 Sinkie will hv better quality life style under the Jap.

Look at what happen to Sinkie after the evil BE returned and continue ruling it become a opium trade 40% economy drug region. Does Sinkie become better under BE then?

No. Opium smoking dens are rampants hundreds of opium smoking dens were opened by Pommiese for easy drug money send back to UK.

In UK the Pomnies can spend all days and weeks played their stupid golf n cricket games with easy drug money...

finally your true color is showing. if japs were to rule sg your entire family would be raped for 6.9 decades and you would becum a jap bakaru bastard instead of a stupid sinkie.

 

[Kopi0Kosong]

If Singapore was a Jap colony still after WW2 Sinkie will hv better quality life style under the Jap.
Look at what happen to Sinkie after the evil BE returned and continue ruling it become a opium trade 40% economy drug region. Does Sinkie become better under BE then?
No. Opium smoking dens are rampants hundreds of opium smoking dens were opened by Pommiese for easy drug money send back to UK.
In UK the Pomnies can spend all days and weeks played their stupid golf n cricket games with easy drug money...

It could have been...
Similarly, if Dr Toh CC or Dr Goh KS had taken the helm...