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.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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.
Subject-based banding, which last year was expanded to all secondary schools, currently lets Normal stream students take higher-level subjects, including those from the Express stream, if they are strong in those subjects. 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.
"As a young and idealistic teacher at that time, I tried to interest the students in science no matter which streams they were from. Even when certain sections were not supposed to be taught to the Normal stream students, I went on to teach them as it was interesting," he said. Mr Louis Ng , who last week called for streaming to be scrapped, again urged MOE to address concerns about social stratification due to streaming.
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