SINGAPORE - Physical education teacher Francis Tang turns teams of non-swimming boys into water polo champions and makes them do well in their studies as well.
All were selected from a list of 17 finalists who were judged by a panel chaired by Ms Lai Wei Lin, the Second Permanent Secretary for Education, and Mr Wong Siew Hoong, the Director-General of Education. "It is therefore important that we continue to develop our teachers with the right values and skills to meet the evolving demands of our education system."
Mr Tang doubled the number of training sessions to six times per week, even during the school holidays."I gave my students pep talks on why we were doing this, to motivate and help them believe in themselves," he said. He said:"It's not just my effort; the success is because of a village of teachers, coaches, parents and the students themselves."The 49-year-old senior lecturer in cyber and network security had himself studied electronics engineering at ITE before going on to the polytechnic and university.
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