LEARN FOR LIFE - REMAKING PATHWAYS - MOE
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C O M M I T T E E O F S U P P LY D E B AT E 2 0 1 9
Learn for Life —
Remaking Pathways
MOE is committed to ensuring that every child has a good
start in life and can gain access to opportunities at every
stage of their lives to fulfil their aspirations, regardless of
their background and family resources.Remaking Secondary School
Pathways (Key Milestones)
Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB) will be progressively adopted
by secondary schools, from 2020 onwards.
We are moving towards one secondary education, with many subject bands, to better meet
our students’ learning needs, without labels. These changes will take place in three steps:
STEP 1: 2020 - 2024 STEP 2: 2024 - 2027
With Subject-Based Banding (SBB), students One secondary education, many subject bands Things to note:
today can study English Language, Mother Tongue
Languages, Mathematics and Science at a more • From 2024, Secondary 1 students* will be able to • Students will continue to be posted to secondary schools
demanding level from lower secondary. MOE will offer subjects at three levels: G1/G2/G3 (G stands using three PSLE scoring bands, so that they start with a
pilot Full SBB by: for General), mapped from today’s N(T), N(A) and suite of subjects at levels suitable to their pace of learning.
Express standards respectively. Students can take a Thereafter, they can take subjects at a level suited to their
• Enabling students with strengths to study the range of G1/G2/G3 subjects based on their abilities. level of ability.
Humanities at a more demanding level from
Secondary 2. • When they reach Secondary 4 in 2027*, our
students will sit for a common national examination
• Reconstituting mixed form classes as more (replacing the GCE N- and O-Level examinations);
students take subjects at different levels. and receive a new national certification with
subjects at G1, G2, or G3 levels. “The new system will help us to
About 25 schools will start the pilot, with more customise education for students,
schools progressively adopting Full SBB. • We will remove the labels of Express/ N(A)/N(T), while minimising the effect of labelling
to give all our students the experience of “One and stigmatisation, and encourage a
secondary education, many subject bands”. growth mindset amongst all our
students. We are breaking out of an
age-old dilemma that we have been
STEP 3: 2028 grappling with for so many years.”
Post-secondary pathways Ong Ye Kung
• With their new national certification, our Minister for Education
students have more opportunities to progress
to post-secondary courses that match their
strengths and interests.
*Applies to 2019 Primary 2 students onwardsJunior College (JC) Rejuvenation Programme We will be rebuilding/upgrading the older JC campuses to support more interactive models of teaching and learning. We will do this in phases starting from 2022. Phase 1 of the Rejuvenation Programme, which is expected to complete tentatively by 2025, will benefit Temasek JC, Anderson Serangoon JC, Jurong Pioneer JC and Yishun Innova JC. • Anderson Serangoon JC and Temasek JC will temporarily move to former Serangoon JC and Tampines JC sites respectively, until their existing campuses are rebuilt, when they will move back to their existing sites. • Jurong Pioneer JC will remain at its existing site while the former Jurong JC is rebuilt. Jurong Pioneer JC will then move to the former Jurong JC site. • Yishun Innova JC will remain at its existing site while the former Innova JC is upgraded. Yishun Innova JC will then move to the former Innova JC site.
Updates on
Higher Education
Transformation
We have continued to make progress in building new pathways to support
lifelong learning and strengthen the system, helping enterprises transform,
and building employer capabilities to complement work-learn efforts.
SkillsFuture plays a role in supporting Our PSEIs have been focusing more on
enterprises to transform, in addition to nurturing diverse aptitudes & learner profiles,
upskilling and reskilling individuals. as well as promoting lifelong learning. There will also be support for private
providers to strengthen options for
• Enterprises that qualify for the enhanced Productivity • Record numbers have applied to polytechnics and ITE
learning.
Solutions Grant (PSG) can apply for an additional training under the Early Admissions Exercise (EAE) for 2019;
grant via a PSG (SkillsFuture Training Subsidy). and admission pathways for working adults to enter • Requirements will be streamlined to reduce
polytechnics have been expanded. compliance and regulatory costs.
• 10 more ITE Work-Learn Technical Diplomas will be
launched this year.
• More than 100 SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programmes
(ELPs) available.
• 16 SkillsFuture Work-Study Degree Programmes
(WSDPs) introduced to date.
• Over 30,000 individuals have enrolled in the SkillsFuture
Series.Uplifting Pupils in Life and
Inspiring Families Taskforce
(UPLIFT)
UPLIFT, led by Second Minister for Education Ms Indranee Rajah, aims to
strengthen support for students from disadvantaged families, to enable
them to reach their true potential.
The Taskforce will focus on six strategies: A safe and nurturing environment, where
students can play, learn and revise their
• Strengthen after-school care and support for students homework after school is crucial. MOE will:
• Build students’ mental and emotional resilience • Facilitate enrolment of disadvantaged students into
Student Care Centres (SCCs).
• Strengthen parental engagement and support
• Work with MSF to review the affordability of SCCs for
• Implement practical solutions to absenteeism low-income families.
• Enhance collaboration between schools and the community • Enhance and scale up student support programmes from
the existing 60 secondary schools to 120 schools by
• Strengthen coordination across these initiatives 2020. This programme will be known as GEAR-UP.
MOE will set up an internal UPLIFT To help students with complex cases, MOE
Programme Office to: will support MSF’s efforts to tighten the
coordination among Social Service Offices
• Map out needs of these students to facilitate outreach and (SSOs), Family Service Centres (FSCs), schools,
matching to suitable programmes.
other community organisations and
• Help schools match their students’ needs to community Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs).
and volunteer networks.
• Track feedback and outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness
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