It is time to move away from streaming children into Normal and Express tracks. That was the call from several MPs yesterday as the debate on the Education Ministry's budget kicked off. Urging the ministry to abolish academic streaming, they said it has led to Normal stream...
Last year, a video documentary called Regardless of Class, hosted by Senior Minister of State Janil Puthucheary, reaffirmed the differences between students from different streams, she added.
Drawing from his past experiences as a science relief teacher 30 years ago, Mr Ang Wei Neng said that Normal stream students had a sense of"resigned acceptance and defeat", especially when he tried to teach them topics that were beyond their syllabus. "However, the Normal stream students were quick to dismiss most of what was in their textbooks. They said, 'We are taking the reduced syllabus, no need to learn'."
Mr Louis Ng , who had last week called for streaming to be scrapped, again urged the MOE to address concerns about social stratification due to streaming.
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