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Children with disabilities are educated in special education (SPED) schools run by Voluntary Welfare Organisations, and partially funded by MOE.

As of Jan 2003, it is written into law by the Compulsory Education Act that a child of compulsory school age shall start, and attend regularly as a pupil at (at least) a national primary school, failing which, each parent of the child shall be guilty of an offence.

In Singapore, English is the medium of instruction in subjects like Mathematics, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), and others where appropriate. As envisioned by Lee Kuan Yew, English is the language to link Singapore to the world, and all races domestically. The mother tongue (in other words, Chinese for the Ethnic Chinese; Malay for the Malays; Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi or Urdu for the Indians), on the other hand is cultural and for a sense of identity, and no ethnic group is forced to learn the language of another.

1 Shortcomings

Critics of the education system say that the education system is too specialized, too elitist and too stressful, and does not place emphasis on creative thinking, unlike the education systems in other countries like the United States. On the other hand, Singaporean students have topped international science and mathematics quizzes regularly, along with South Korean students.

Singaporean students also have a relatively poor command of the standard English language. This is because Singlish, the local dialect of English, is more different from standardized English than most colloquial dialects of English spoken elsewhere in the world: a study showed that the vast majority of a test group of junior college students (typically 17-18 years of age) wrote poorly. They have also traditionally fared worse than US students at the [SAT] in the Verbal scores (although faring better at the Mathematics section and in the average score).

2 Primary Education

Primary education consists of a four-year foundation stage from Primary 1 to 4 and a two-year orientation stage from Primary 5 to 6. Primary education is free, though there is a miscellaneous fee of up to S$10 monthly that goes to the respective school, to help cover the cost of equipment and special programmes for the benefit of the pupils.

2.1 Foundation Stage

The foundation stage is the first stage of formal schooling. The four years, from Primary 1 to 4, will provide a firm foundation in the English Language, the Mother Tongue (Chinese, Malay or Tamil) and Mathematics. Other subjects like Civics & Moral Education, Art & Crafts, Music, Health Education and Physical Education lessons which will be taught throughout Primary 1 to 6. Science is taught from Primary 3 to 6, and Social Studies from Primary 4 to 6.

2.2 Orientation Stage

At the end of Primary 4, students will be classified into EM1, EM2 or EM3 language streams for their two-year orientation stage, Primary 5 and 6. The curriculum in each stream (the difference being difficulty of the languages; English and Mother Tongue) will gear a student towards secondary education in the course most suited for him. At the end of Primary 6, the national PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examination) will be held. However, the EM1 and EM2 streams have been merged in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co.

3 Secondary Education

Based on results of the PSLE, students undergo secondary education in either the Special, Express or Normal course.

Both Special and Express are 4-year courses leading up to a Singapore- CambridgeThis article is about Cambridge, England; see also other places called Cambridge. The city of Cambridge is an old English University town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London and i General Certificate of EducationThe General Certificate of Education or GCE was introduced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1951, replacing the older SC and HSC. It was intended to cater for the increased range of subjects available to pupils since the raising of the school lea (GCE) 'Ordinary' - 'O' level examination. The difference between Special and Express is that the former's mother tongue language (English and Mother Tongue) are taught at a higher level (more difficult).

Normal is a 4-year course leading up to a Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'Normal' - 'N' level examination, with the possiblity of a 5th year followed by a Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'Ordinary' - 'O' level examination. Normal is split into Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) where in the latter students take subjects that are technical in nature, such as Design and Technology.

After the second year of a secondary school course, students are typically offered from a range of six to ten subjects for the 'O' level examinations by examination results. This includes science (Physics, Biology and Chemistry), humanities (Elective Geography/History, Pure Geography/History, Social Studies, Literature, etc.) and additional mathematics subject at a higher level, or "combined" subject modules.

Co-Curricular ActivitiesCo-Curricular Activities (CCAs) are activities that schools or colleges in some parts of the world (like Singapore), or individual schools, organise for students. They often serve to promote leadership skills, personal development, healthy recreation, sel become compulsory at the Secondary level, where all pupils must participate in at least one core CCA, and participation is graded together with other things like Leadership throughout the four years of Secondary education, in a scoring system. Competitions are organised so that students can have an objective towards to work, and in the case of musical groups, showcase talents. [1]

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