SINGAPORE - For Secondary 1 student Zayeed Ibrahim, the start of the new school year on Thursday was especially exciting because he was one of the first students in Singapore to have classmates from other academic streams.
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung, who visited the school in Chai Chee, said the changes mark a"big step ahead for our education system", in helping students discover their potential and find their strengths. This arrangement differs from the traditional way of sorting students according to the Express, Normal and Normal streams.Speaking to reporters at the school, Mr Ong said:"Each class is carefully composed of students from different streams, different ethnic backgrounds, different profiles, special needs students.
"In the long term, we want students to be more confident to discover, explore and develop their individual talents, and then with that, I think they're much more ready to move on to post-secondary education," said Mr Ong. Sec 2 student Lim Tie, 13, who is studying Express-level mathematics, geography, history and science this year, said:"I want to learn more and challenge myself... I like mathematics especially because it is useful for other subjects and I'm quick with numbers and mental calculations.
The two-year pilot comes ahead of the roll-out of full subject-based banding to all secondary schools by 2024. The Normal and Express streams will be scrapped that same year.
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