Report on the Ministry of Education [Goh Keng Swee Report]

Changes over the last two decades (1-1)......Page 4
Bilingual Education (1-3)......Page 6
Nanyang University (1-4)......Page 7
Attrition Rates (1-5)......Page 8
Fast and Slow Learners (1-6)......Page 9
Problems of Streaming (1-9)......Page 12
Moral Education (1-10)......Page 13
Ministry Administration (1-11)......Page 14
Conclusion (1-14)......Page 17
2.1 Education System in the 60s and early 70s (2-1)......Page 18
3.1 Equal Treatment for All Streams (2-2)......Page 19
3.2 Emphasis on Bilingualism (2-3)......Page 20
3.3 Emphasis on Technical Education (2-5)......Page 22
3.4 Retention and Promotion Policies (2-6)......Page 23
3.5 Proficiency in the English Language (2-8)......Page 25
3.6 Conclusion (2-9)......Page 26
2.2 Statistics on the Flow of Pupils in the Singapore Education System (3-1)......Page 27
2.3.2 Common Examinations for Elementary Education and Junior Secondary Education (3-2)......Page 28
Table 3.1 Attrition Rates at Various Stages of Education in the Five Countries (3-3)......Page 29
2.3.3 Senior Secondary Education (3-4)......Page 30
2.5 Conclusion (3-5)......Page 31
3.2 Literacy Levels of English-educated National Servicemen (3-6)......Page 32
4. Ineffective Bilingualism (3-7)......Page 33
4.3 Effects of Language Exposure Time (LET) On Pupils (3-8)......Page 34
4.4 Conclusion (3-9)......Page 35
5.1 Pupils' Home Background (3-10)......Page 36
5.3.3 Pupil/Teacher Ratio (3-11)......Page 37
6.1 Sample Survey (3-12)......Page 38
6.3 Major Factors Affecting Morale of Teachers (3-13)......Page 39
Promotion Prospects (3-14)......Page 40
6.4 Conclusion (3-16)......Page 42
2.1 A Rigid System (4-1)......Page 43
2.2 Increased Workload for Pupils (4-2)......Page 44
2.3 Promotion and Retention Policy (4-7)......Page 49
2.4 Poor Reading Habits of Pupils (4-8)......Page 50
3.2 Weak and Confusing Directives from the Ministry (4-9)......Page 51
3.4 Emphasis on the English Language (4-10)......Page 52
3.5 Lack Of A Conducive Environment For Learning of Languages (4-11)......Page 53
4. Conclusion (4-12)......Page 54
2. Overall Planning and Leadership (5-1)......Page 55
3.1 Management by Consensus (5-3)......Page 57
3.2 The Committee System (5-4)......Page 58
3.2.2 Dual Loyalties of and Secondary Commitment from Committee Members (5-5)......Page 59
3.2.5 Implementing Decisions Made at Committee Meetings (5-6)......Page 60
3.3 Coordination and Cooperation among the Branches (5-7)......Page 61
4.1 Initiation of Projects (5-8)......Page 62
4.2 Definition of Objectives (5-9)......Page 63
4.5 Criteria for Decision Making (5-10)......Page 64
5.1 Understanding of Objectives of Policies (5-11)......Page 65
5.4 In-depth study of the Implications and Prediction of possible outcomes (5-12)......Page 66
6.1 Informal Feedback (5-13)......Page 67
6.4 Response to Feedback (5-14)......Page 68
6.6 Monitoring and Recognition of Successful Projects (5-15)......Page 69
7.2 Control and Supervision of Schools (5-16)......Page 70
7.3 Basic Course (5-17)......Page 71
Annex 5A. Organisation Chart of the Ministry of Education HQ (as at 29 Aug 78)......Page 72
Annex 5B. Organization Chart of the Ministry of Education HQ (January 1979)......Page 73
Annex 5C. Curriculum Development (5C-1)......Page 74
Appendix A. Curriculum and Textbook Development (5C-A-1)......Page 83
2.1 Language Proficiency (6-1)......Page 86
3.1.1 Primary Schools (6-2)......Page 87
3.1.2 Secondary Schools (6-5)......Page 90
3.1.4 Summary (6-8)......Page 93
Table 6.1 Breakdown of the Suggested Education System by Group (6-9)......Page 94
3.2.2 Accuracy in Streaming (6-10)......Page 95
3.3 Implementation (6-11)......Page 96
4.2 Overall Planning and Feedback (6-12)......Page 97
4.3.2 Project Development and Decision Making (6-13)......Page 98
4.4.1 Roles of the Education Study Team (6-14)......Page 99
4.4.2.1 Expanding the Scope of Resource Planning Branch (6-15)......Page 100
4.4.2.2 Improving Feedback and Monitoring Branch (6-17)......Page 102
4.4.2.3 Improving Research and Evaluation Branch (6-18)......Page 103
4.4.2.4 Assisting Schools Division (6-19)......Page 104
a. Qualifications of Teachers (6-20)......Page 105
d. Briefing Sessions (^-21)......Page 106
Annex 6A. Summary of the Suggested Education System (6A-1)......Page 107
Annex 6B (6B-1)......Page 108
Annex 6C. Suggested Levels of Language Attainment (6C-1)......Page 110
2.2 Normal Bilingual Stream (6C-2)......Page 111
2.3 Ordinary Stream (6C-3)......Page 112