I REFER to last Saturday's report, "Should preschools be 'nationalised'?".
With the Ministry of Education overseeing the preschool education sector, continuity from early childhood education to primary school level will be guaranteed.
Research has shown that education should start at a preschool level as children are most receptive at a young age. Preschool education will then serve as the foundation to primary education.
In addition, if preschool education were to come under the MOE, it would raise public awareness on the importance of early childhood education. Consequently, more research would be dedicated to it and more focus placed on it.
This would lead to a rise in the quality of preschool education, meaning better teacher qualifications and better curriculum development. It could also lead to a moderation in the cost of preschool education, and this would make it more accessible to more families, especially those from the lower income strata.
Preschool education should be nationalised and made compulsory.
Its curriculum units would have to be structured around the existing kindergarten curriculum framework as developed by the MOE. At the same time, it would give all children coming from diverse economic backgrounds equal opportunities to quality preschool education.
Its curriculum units would have to be structured around the existing kindergarten curriculum framework as developed by the MOE. At the same time, it would give all children coming from diverse economic backgrounds equal opportunities to quality preschool education.
In time, Singapore could be the leading educational pioneer in preschool education in the region. If Singapore's ultimate goal is to cultivate an industry of critical thinkers for the fast changing economy, our nation will need to recognise the development of our young and start their education early.
Samantha See (Ms)
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NYJC4
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Yesterday, 11:08 AM
Please, give the kids a break. I can imagine tuition for tots, already.Leading educational pioneer in preschool ed? Kids learn best by play! Don't stick them in a school, given them some elbow room, some breathing space! Ms See sounds a bit confused. 'industry of critical thinkers'? For whatever that means.
Stormrider65
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Yesterday, 01:20 PM
Our entire world, in particular developing and developed countries, are in population decline.Think China is 'booming' with children? That is because it has exceeded its 'critical population'; any couple giving birth to one child on any day in any hospital of any province propels the country's populatin by leaps and bounds. India is facing that problem.However, as a whole, humans are fast becoming comfortable to the notion of 'fewer children' and 'lesser burden. Why? Because as technology speeds up, things get heated up faster, with larger amount of elements being squeezed into a smaller time and space unit. Pressure goes up and mental stress keeps humans away from procreating.Singapore is one 'fine' example of such a '21st-century' illness. From day one of our 'ten years education' - Primary 1, we are fed and instilled and imparted with knowledge and informaton, round after round. On top of it, we are told to aim high and imrpove and excel and achieve. Things got worse when we step into our small, limited labour market and working force, where we have to fight with foreign talents from all over the world. And these do not include setting up families and buying a house and securing finances for generating the next generation, as well as maintaining a critical amount in our CPF for our retiring and post-productive lives.Please, spare our children the lifeless and meaningless lives we Singaporean adults are living. Give them some empty space, a couple of toys, several colours around them, abundance of sunshine and breeze, and let them PLAY with all their might, for the moment they step into a concrete building called 'school', and a brightly-lit room called 'classroom;, they may forever NOT have the chance to play and laugh and run anymore, for the rest of their lives.P.S.: if the entire above chunk of words don't enlighten you, my bottomline statement is - don't even *think* that adults know what children should have and need. In all truthful sense, children are in fact here to teach these adults how to *think*.
suakusuaku
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Yesterday, 08:02 PM
Let preschool kids spend as few hours as possible in a formal learning environment. They should associate learning/reading to something pleasurable like in the company of their parents. Once they like learning, the battle is won. The rest depends on nature
NYJC4
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Yesterday, 11:08 AM
Please, give the kids a break. I can imagine tuition for tots, already.Leading educational pioneer in preschool ed? Kids learn best by play! Don't stick them in a school, given them some elbow room, some breathing space! Ms See sounds a bit confused. 'industry of critical thinkers'? For whatever that means.
Stormrider65
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Yesterday, 01:20 PM
Our entire world, in particular developing and developed countries, are in population decline.Think China is 'booming' with children? That is because it has exceeded its 'critical population'; any couple giving birth to one child on any day in any hospital of any province propels the country's populatin by leaps and bounds. India is facing that problem.However, as a whole, humans are fast becoming comfortable to the notion of 'fewer children' and 'lesser burden. Why? Because as technology speeds up, things get heated up faster, with larger amount of elements being squeezed into a smaller time and space unit. Pressure goes up and mental stress keeps humans away from procreating.Singapore is one 'fine' example of such a '21st-century' illness. From day one of our 'ten years education' - Primary 1, we are fed and instilled and imparted with knowledge and informaton, round after round. On top of it, we are told to aim high and imrpove and excel and achieve. Things got worse when we step into our small, limited labour market and working force, where we have to fight with foreign talents from all over the world. And these do not include setting up families and buying a house and securing finances for generating the next generation, as well as maintaining a critical amount in our CPF for our retiring and post-productive lives.Please, spare our children the lifeless and meaningless lives we Singaporean adults are living. Give them some empty space, a couple of toys, several colours around them, abundance of sunshine and breeze, and let them PLAY with all their might, for the moment they step into a concrete building called 'school', and a brightly-lit room called 'classroom;, they may forever NOT have the chance to play and laugh and run anymore, for the rest of their lives.P.S.: if the entire above chunk of words don't enlighten you, my bottomline statement is - don't even *think* that adults know what children should have and need. In all truthful sense, children are in fact here to teach these adults how to *think*.
suakusuaku
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Yesterday, 08:02 PM
Let preschool kids spend as few hours as possible in a formal learning environment. They should associate learning/reading to something pleasurable like in the company of their parents. Once they like learning, the battle is won. The rest depends on nature
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