SAP schools


Education

Should SAP schools be allowed to exist? What about madrasahs? Why is it that SAP schools are under the purview or MOE, and given specialist teachers, while madrasahs are private institutions under MUIS, with most teachers untrained by NIE? SAP schools are given extra funding, madrasahs raise their own funds, are allowed to use them […]

July 22, 2017

The Great Paper Chase [1974]


Education

I’ve been reading OB Markers by Cheong Yip Seng. It’s a very compelling book with lots of anecdotes that hit me pretty hard. I find it odd that so few of them make it into common or popular discussion. Here’s one: “One Sunday, we published Mary’s column headlined, “The Great Paper Chase.” In it, she […]

September 1, 2013