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The Singapore education system has matured and allowed individuals with
diverse backgrounds and talents to gain further training in their chosen
field.
With School of the Arts and Singapore Sports School, individuals are able
to have a wide spectrum of specialised training that will put them in good
stead to pursue it at tertiary level in the future. Raffles Institution has
started a gap semester giving students opportunities to pursue service
learning in Bhutan or to learn the basics of flying a plane. Our polytechnics
similarly have internship opportunities to ease their graduates into
working life.
Conclusion
The Singapore education system works. It is founded upon sound
principles and has evolved to incorporate the diversity necessary to be
relevant in the modern world. The onus to study and responsibility to
achieve still rests squarely on the student and not the parent nor the
teacher. To achieve MOEs aim of a values-driven education, we need to
inculcate in our young the values of hard work, perseverance and
gumption to dream. It is perhaps the biggest lesson we can pass on to our
younger generation.