MOE video about primary school encourages parents, but everyone else is skeptical For a parent, their child’s first step in primary school can be a daunting experience, not just for the kid, but for themselves. Thankfully, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is here to ease their worries by showing what an 8-year-old named Tania Cheng gets up to in Guangyang Primary School. Ever wondered what lessons are like in primary school? Join Tania Cheng from Guangyang Primary School, as she shows us in this video why she loves to attend school every day! 🙂 Posted by Ministry of Education, Singapore on Wednesday, 13 May 2015 It’s cute and all, but netizens are hardly convinced. Most of them are millenials who went through the Singapore education system prior to 2009, when the Program for Active Learning (PAL) initiative was launched, and so maybe they’re just a wee bit jelly. For the uninitiated, PAL was introduced to create a larger emphasis on non-academic programmes for Primary 1 and 2 students, specifically Sports and Outdoor Education, and Performing and Visual Arts. The initiative is supposed to make learning these non-academic programmes fun, creative and enjoyable (as you can see in the video, Tania looooooves PAL). There are […]
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