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I was talking to some parents about education recently. They expressed hopes of wanting to send their children to international schools in Singapore but could not do so because such a move isn't permitted by our government.
Unlike Hong Kong, you could choose to send your children to an international school. In fact, in order for those international schools operating in Hong Kong to enjoy preferential treatment for land lease and such from the government, they have to make sure that a certain percentage of their enrollment are local Hong Kong students.
However, the reasons given by these parents who wanted to send their children to international schools are not exactly right. They wanted to do it because they were under the impression that the curricula in an international school was more relaxed, less pressurizing etc. These may be true but still they should not constitute the core motivation behind such desires.
Our education system, or rather most Asian education systems, are designed for only two main purposes. For Singapore, it is about "identifying" the "smarter" ones and potential "scholars", that's about it. In the GCE 'O' and 'A' Level examinations, they will introduce various less than direct questions to supposedly "test" the students, this in an attempt to "differentiate" the "intelligent" ones from the mere average.
In the end, you have a system which feeds the kids lots of funny stuff which would most probably be completely IRRELEVANT to their lives in the future!
More at http://www.domainofexperts.com/2018/02/education-stratification-of-labeling.html
Unlike Hong Kong, you could choose to send your children to an international school. In fact, in order for those international schools operating in Hong Kong to enjoy preferential treatment for land lease and such from the government, they have to make sure that a certain percentage of their enrollment are local Hong Kong students.
However, the reasons given by these parents who wanted to send their children to international schools are not exactly right. They wanted to do it because they were under the impression that the curricula in an international school was more relaxed, less pressurizing etc. These may be true but still they should not constitute the core motivation behind such desires.
Our education system, or rather most Asian education systems, are designed for only two main purposes. For Singapore, it is about "identifying" the "smarter" ones and potential "scholars", that's about it. In the GCE 'O' and 'A' Level examinations, they will introduce various less than direct questions to supposedly "test" the students, this in an attempt to "differentiate" the "intelligent" ones from the mere average.
In the end, you have a system which feeds the kids lots of funny stuff which would most probably be completely IRRELEVANT to their lives in the future!
More at http://www.domainofexperts.com/2018/02/education-stratification-of-labeling.html
