Singapore’s New Education Policy: The perspective of a high school student

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The policy that has garnered the most attention recently is the announcement of full subject-based banding classes in secondary schools and for good reason. The system of full subject-based banding means that a form class may include students from the academic levels of Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) streams — and all will be studying common…