Engaging Minds, Exchanging Ideas

ENGAGING MINDS, EXCHANGING IDEAS

Thursday, 31 August 2017

Ballroom 3, Level 3

Orchard Hotel Singapore

Forum

on

Parents and Schooling

Engaging Minds, Exchanging Ideas

PRESENTATION BY

Ms Genevieve Chye Divisional Director

Engagement and Research Division

Communications and Engagement Group

Ministry of Education

PANEL I

Every School a Good School — Myth or Reality?

Every School a Good School

Myth or Reality?

IPS Findings

4

Every School a Good School. Myth or Reality?

90.4%

82.7%

80.9%

4

Confidence in

our education

system

Parent

satisfaction

with schools

Most primary schools in Singapore provide a high quality education.

Singapore’s education system caters to students of different styles and pace of learning.

Parent satisfaction with the

school their child is in.

Our Education System has been Evolving…

Period of

Industrialisation

Survival Driven1959-1978

Skills/ Capital

intensive economy

Efficiency Driven1979-1996

Knowledge-Based

Economy

Ability Driven1997-2011 Innovation Driven

Student-Centric Values Driven2012 Onwards

5

Many Paths, New Possibilities

4

Specialised

Schools

Specialised

Independent

Schools

Schools with

Distinctive

Programmes

Special

Education

Schools

Special

Assistance Plan

(SAP) Schools

Mainstream

Schools

Autonomous

Schools

7

Catering to Different Strengths and Interests

Subject Based

Banding (SBB)

Aptitude based

admissions in

polytechnics &

ITE

8

Holistic Education

DSA Character and

Citizenship

Education

Learning

for Life

Program

(LLP)

9

Supporting Joy of Learning and Lifelong

Learners

7

Skills

Mastery

Shift in

Pedagogies

SkillsFutureApplied

Learning

Program

(ALP)

10 8

Shifting role of education

11

Shifting role of education

9

Why are we still skeptical?

12

Every school a good school. Myth of Reality?

Resources?

9

Teacher

Quality?

Results?

1 3

How do we change the

lens with which we view

a school?

To bring out the best in every child with a well-rounded education focusing on values and love for lifelong learning requires amindset shift and school-home-community partnership

1 4

Engaging Minds, Exchanging Ideas

ENGAGING MINDS, EXCHANGING IDEAS

Thursday, 31 August 2017

Ballroom 3, Level 3

Orchard Hotel Singapore

Forum

on

Parents and Schooling