The education arms race cannot be solved by MOE alone
The education arms race cannot be solved by the Ministry of Education alone. Addressing this issue requires collective effort, as schools, employers, parents, and students must all commit to changing their social behaviors to provide children with more room to grow.
Commentary
Education Conversations will be more meaningful if schools, employers, parents and students also spell out what they are willing to do differently.
Nicholas Thomas
Published
When Education Minister Desmond Lee announced his ministry’s Education Conversations recently, one phrase gave the exercise its real weight: the education “arms race”.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) can review examinations, admissions and pathways. Yet an education arms race is sustained by social behaviour as much as by policy, and policy alone cannot fix it.
source: The Straits Times https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-education-arms-race-cannot-be-solved-by-moe-alone?ref=top-stories
