Singapore Primary Education

Few crisp words

competitive

activity based

Excellent

• Stressful (not fully caused by school. partly caused by school and majority caused by anxious kiasu parents)
• Starts slow from P1 to P3 when kids get accustomed and zooms fast through P4 to P6 when kids are put to real stress test

Positives:

• Amazing is the ONE word that I have got for the Singapore Primary Education.
• Focuses to create well rounded individuals and not mere academic bookworms.
• We pay 10 SGD. The government spends nearly 1 K per kid per month.
• School infrastructure is excellent and is always being upgraded.
• The entire curriculum is activity based and is improved every few years. The kids live through it, enjoy it, cherish it and learn it.
• Kids who are open and can speak will shine. Of course, it is difficult for average kids and kids who are introvert.
• The kids have an opportunity to excel as an individual.
• Kids are encouraged to speak out, to present topics, to lead classes, to play, to experiment.

Negatives:

• Yes. it is stressful since the kids have to face streaming at very young age
• Yes. Kids who do not start at very young age gets lost and it becomes very difficult to catch up later. this also leads to parents imposing more stress on the kids and the vicious cycle continues.