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Singapore education system and policy: a select bibliography

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Contents
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Introduction 3

Part I: Singapore Education: 1820s to 1965 4

1.1 Books 5
1.2 Databases 7
1.3 Microfilms 9

Part II: Singapore Education: 1965 to present 11

1.1 Books 13

Reference Point 17

Author Credits 18

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Introduction

Today, Singapore’s education system is touted as one of the best in the world, a far cry from the
sporadic village schools that used to occupy the island some 200 years ago. Singapore’s education
policy and system underwent numerous changes and reforms as it interweaves with the political
history of Singapore.
This bibliography aims to provide a list of books and electronic resources available at the Lee Kong
Chian Reference Library that trace the development of Singapore’s education policy and system
from the time the country was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles to the present.

Part I covers the period 1820s to 1965, the year Singapore gained its independence. Singapore’s
education system changes as it politically changes from being part of British Malaya, the Straits
Settlements and a self-governing colony to a newly independent nation.

Part II covers 1965 to the present. As a new nation, education played an important role in shaping
the economy of the resource scarce nation. As the nation matured and developed, the education
system was refined for the better. Today, Singapore is fast becoming the educational hub of Asia.

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Part I: Singapore: Education 1820s to 1965
Raffles founded the Singapore Institution in 1823 with the aim "to educate the sons of the higher order
of natives and others, to afford the means of instruction in the native languages to such of the
Company's servants and others they may desire it, to collect the scattered literature and tradition of
the country..."

This has laid the corner stone of the ‘British educational policy’ in Singapore. Gopinathan (1997,
p.593) points out that Singapore’s colonial educational history is characterized by ‘benign neglect, ad
hoc policy making and indifference to consequences’. The educational goal then is not for social
progress, but to make the social structure more efficient.

Malay education, funded by the British government, was encouraged and provided for free. English
was not taught in the village schools as the British deemed early training in the child’s mother tongue
as an absolute necessity. The objective of Malay education was to make them better fisherman and
better peasant than their forefathers.

With the exception of Malay education, Chinese and Indian schools were largely left to their own
devices. The Chinese schools were entirely funded by private enterprises. The Chinese community
was largely responsible for setting up their own schools. The teachers, nearly all China-born, taught
using textbooks imported from China. The students in these Chinese schools were very emotionally
attached to the political happenings in China. The rise of Chinese nationalism at the close of 1900
forced the British government to re-examine their educational policy in vernacular schools. Tamil
language was taught in the Indian vernacular schools. Most Indian schools were small private
schools. Similar to the Malay and the Chinese schools, the Indian schools are all primary grade.

Last of all, English schools opened to all children on fee-paying basis. English schools were
supported by private enterprise but assisted by the government. English is the medium of instruction.
Many of these publicly funded government institutions and aided schools started by the Christian
missions were free from government control until 1919.

In 1920, the British government implemented the Registration of School Ordinance which
subsequently underwent several amendments and revisions. It was revised into the Education
Ordinance, 1957.

The aftermath of the Pacific War in 1945 had instilled a sense of belonging and patriotism among the
local people and brought new directions for the education policy in Singapore. After the war, the
British government declared the new policy of providing free primary education to all races.

In 1959, the People’s Action Party came into power and introduced the Five Year Plan. The plan
includes equal treatment of four streams of education, Malay was recognised as the National
language and emphasis was given to Science and Technical education.

In 1965, Singapore declared independence and the Government pursued a tripartite system of
academic, vocational and technical schools to support the country’s basic economic policies. The
young nation recognised its educational objective was to inculcate patriotism and national identity
among the young students so as to achieve a ‘multiracial, multicultural and multilingual society’.

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Books
To help you begin your research on this topic, here are some recommended works that are available
at Lee Kong Chian Reference Library. For contact details and locations of the libraries, please visit
http://www.nlb.gov.sg.

Title: A history of the educational policy of the Straits Settlements with

recommendations for a new system based on vernaculars
Author: Chelliah, D. D.
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur: Govt. Press, 1960
Call number: RCLOS English 370.9595 CHE
Description: This thesis is a historical survey that traces the changes in the educational
system and policy of Penang, Malacca and Singapore from 1800 to 1925.

Title: A history of Singapore

Editor: Chew, Ernest C. T. & Lee, Edwin (Eds)
Publisher: Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991
Call number: RSING 959.57 HIS -[HIS]
Description: The chapter on Education (page 268-287), written by Gopinathan, outlines
Singapore’s educational development in the post-war years.

Title: 150 years of education in Singapore.

Author: Doraisamy, T. R. (Ed.)
Publisher: Singapore: TTC Publications Board, Teachers Training College, 1969.
Call number: RSING 370.95957
Description: This book provides readers, particularly students, teachers and
educationists with a survey and access to selected materials on education in
the last 150 years, from1819 to 1969.

Title: Towards a national system of education in Singapore, 1945-1973

Author: Gopinathan, S.
Publisher: Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1974
Call number: RSING 379.5957 GOP
Description: This book examines the educational policies of Singapore from 1945 to
1973 and covers the major features and problems of the policies in the
creation of the unified national system out of the four separate language
streams.

Title: Education for unity in Malaya: an evaluation of the educational system

of Malaya with special reference to the need for unity in its plural
society. Issued under the auspices of the Malayan educator.
Author: Ho, Seng Ong.
Publisher: Penang: Malayan Teacher's Union, [1952].
Call number: RCLOS 370.9595 HO
Description: This book offers an analytical evaluation of the British educational policy in
Malaya and recommended a single type (non-racial) of school so as to build
a United Malaya.

Title: New bearings in our education system: an address ... to principals of

Author: schools in Singapore on August 29, 1966
Publisher: Lee, Kuan Yew
Call number: Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1966
Description: RCLOS 370.95951 LEE
An important speech by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of the newly

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 independent Singapore, charts the new directions in the education system,
which eventually laid the foundation for the social structure of the nation.

Title: Chinese schools in British Malaya: policies and politics.

Author: Lee, Ting Hui
Publisher: Singapore: South Seas Society, 2006
Call number: RSING 371.82995105951 LEE
Description: This is the published Master’s thesis of Lee Ting Hui, also known as Lee Ah
Chai. This book documents the political events that shaped the Chinese
education in Malaya, from the very beginning to 1941. Prior to 1894, most
Chinese schools were organised by private institutions as the British
government has no policy towards Chinese education in Malaya. The British
stance began to change when they realized how political events in China
engendered the pro-china sentiments and influenced the Chinese education
in Malaya.

Title: Seeds of separatism: educational policy in Malaya, 1874-1940

Author: Loh, Philip F. S.
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur; New York: Oxford University Press, 1975
Call number: RSING 370.9595 LOH
Description: This book discusses the origins and evolution of the four separately funded
school systems of the Federated Malay States from 1874 to 1820 and the
determining factors influencing the British educational policy before the
Second World War.

Title: Education in Singapore

Author: Ministry of Education
Publisher: Singapore: Educational publication bureau, 1972
Call number: R SING 370.95957 SIN
Description: This book gives a brief historical background of Singapore’s education
system and outlines its latest development in pre-school, primary &
secondary, tertiary, teacher training, adult and special education up to 1972.

Title: The Politics of Chinese education in Malaya, 1945-1961.

Author: Tan, Liok Ee.
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997
Call number: RSING 371.9795105951 TAN
Description: This book chronicled the development of Chinese schools during the
colonial rule, prior to Malaysian independence. It depicts the Chinese
organizations united politically to fight for Chinese culture and education in
Malaya during the Chinese Education Movement between the periods 1951
to 1961.

Title: Sunset of the empire in Malaya: a New Zealander's life in the Colonial
Author: Education Service.
Publisher: Taylor, T. K.
Call number: London; New York: Radcliffe Press, 2006
Description: RSEA 373.12012092 TAY
In this memoir, Taylor describes his experiences in Malayan schools, from a
Senior Master in English to his appointment as the Chief Education Officer
for Selangor. The book outlines the role of education as the colony rebuilt
after World War II and transit towards independence.

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 Title: Social engineering in Singapore: educational policies and social
Author: change, 1819-1972.
Publisher: Wilson, Harold E.
Call number: Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1978
Description: RSING 379.5957 WIL
Examines the social impacts of the educational policies implemented in
Singapore from 1819 to 1972. It focuses on the period 1918 to 1959, during
which the education policies underwent drastic changes and transformations
under four different administrations, namely; the colonial rule, Japanese
Military Administration, post-war colonial rule and the early years of self-
government.

Title: Official reports on education: Straits Settlements and the Federated

Author: Malay States, 1870-1939
Publisher: Wong, Francis H.K.
Call number: Singapore: Pan Pacific Book Distributors, 1980
Description: RSING 370.95957 WON
This book contains the extracts of important official reports that chart the
educational development in the Straits Settlement and the Federated Malay
States from 1870 to 1939, over a period of 70 years.

Title: Perspectives: the development of education in Malaysia and Singapore

Author: Wong, Francis H. K.
Publisher: Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books, 1972
Call number: RSING 370.9595 WON
Description: This book traces the evolution of the education system in Singapore and
Malaysia, from their common colonial origins to the vastly differing systems
and policies that evolved following Singapore’s independence in 1965.

Databases
JSTOR
JSTOR provides online access to archived contents of important scholarly journals, mainly in the
humanities and social sciences. Researchers are able to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of
back issues of journals as they were originally printed. Existing titles are updated and new titles are
added on an ongoing basis.

Keywords: Malaya, Singapore, education

Title: Chinese education – Perennial Malayan problem

Author: Comber, L.
Date: Oct. 1961
Source: Asian Survey, 1 (8), 30
Description: This article explores the development of Chinese education in Malaya.
The heavily involved Chinese community fought hard to preserve the
Chinese language and culture in Malaya’s educational system.

Title: Educational Patterns in Colonial Malaya

Author: Hirschman, C.
Date: Oct., 1972
Source: Comparative Education Review, 16 (3), 486
Description: Using the data from the educational attainment from the 1957 Population

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 census of the federation of Malaya, this article aims to present the trend
in the expansion and distribution of formal education in Malaya.

Title: American Educational Policy in the Philippines and the British

Policy in Malaya, 1898-1935
Author: Koh, E. K.
Date: Jun., 1965
Source: Comparative Education Review, 9 (2), 139
Description: Using American and British policy in Philippines and Malaya as examples,
this article attempts to show the interrelationships between political,
economic and educational policies and practices during the period 1896
and 1935.

Title: Chinese Education in South-East Asia

Author: Murray, D. P.
Date: Oct. - Dec., 1964
Source: The China Quarterly, 20, 67
Description: This article discusses the development of Chinese education in the
Chinese societies in Southeast Asia and how it relates to their
assimilation with the indigenous communities.

Title: The Crisis in Malayan Education (in Notes and Comment)

Author: Purcell, V.
Date: Mar., 1953
Source: Pacific Affairs, Vol. 26, No. 1
Description: This article examines the root cause of the crisis in Malayan education –
the teaching of mother tongues in the multi-racial society.

Title: Education in British Colonial Dependencies, 1919-39: A Re-

Appraisal
Author: Whitehead, C.
Date: Mar., 1981
Source: Comparative Education, 17(1), 71
Description: A critical examination of British colonial education policy during the inter-
war years (between the 2 world wars). This period witnessed some
positive and initiatives by the Colonial Administrative office.

Title: Rethinking the Education/State Formation Connection: Pedagogic

Reform in Singapore, 1945-1965
Author: Wong, T-H, Apple, M.
Date: May, 2002
Source: Comparative Education Review, 46 (2), 182
Description: Using Singapore’s post World War II experience, this article examines the
dynamic relationship between education and state formation.

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Microfilms
Microfilm collections are located at Level 11 of Lee Kong Chian Reference Library.

Title: Policies and politics in Chinese schools in the Straits Settlements and
Author: the Federated Malay States, 1786-1941
Publisher: Lee, Ah Chai.
Call number: Singapore: University of Singapore Library, 1968
Description: Call Number: MFM NL 14318
This Master’s thesis of Lee Ah Chai (also known as Lee Ting Hui), relied
heavily upon both Chinese and English resources to outline how political
events affected the Chinese education in British Malaya.

Title: Progress in education: a brief review of education in Singapore from

Author: 1959 to 1965.
Publisher: Ministry of Education
Call number: Singapore: Ministry of Education, 1966
Description: MFM NL9547
This booklet presents a brief summary of the progresses Singapore’s
education system from the formation of self-government in 1959 to
independence in 1965, including cost of education, school fees,
development of primary, secondary, vocational and technical education,
teacher training, textbooks, syllabuses,

Title: Educational policy in the Colony of Singapore: ten years programme.

Author: Singapore. Ministry of Education.
Publisher: Singapore: Ministry of Education, 1947-49
Call number: MFM NL4083
Description: This title comprises of 2 volumes, published in 1947 and 1949. Vol. 2 was
entitled ‘Ten-year programme - data and interim proposals’. Volume 1
suggests the principles of Singapore’s Education policy for the next 10
years. They were, education aiming at promoting self-government, equal
educational opportunities for all races and free primary education and to
develop secondary, vocational and higher education to meet the needs of
the country.

Title: Educational needs of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay

Author: States.
Publisher: Nagle, J. Stewart.
Call number: Baltimore, Md.: [s.n.]. , 1928
Description: MFM: NL5380
This dissertation was submitted to the John Hopkins University in 1926.
Based on the facts and figures of the past and present development, it
projects the future trends such as growth of school attendance and
educational financing needs in the Straits Settlement and the Federated
Malay States in the next 30s years, which is up to 1950s.

Title: The task ahead: P.A.P.'s five-year plan, 1959-1964

Author: People's Action Party (Singapore)
Publisher: Singapore: Petir, 1959.
Call number: MFM NL9547
Description: The five year plan marked the beginning of self-government. Part 2 of this
publication discusses the role of education as part of the nation building
plan. Emphasis was given to technical education.

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Title: First education triennial survey: covering the years 1955-7 inclusive.
Author: Singapore
Publisher: Singapore: Printed at the Govt. Print. Office, 1959
Call number: MFM NL9547
Description: The first two parts of this publication sketches the historical retrospective of
Singapore educational scene in the 1950s and briefly outlines the education
system at that time. The last part examines in details the changes in
legislation, administrative, finance of schools and the development of
primary, secondary education and vocational training during the period
1955-57.

Title: Commission of Enquiry into the System of English Education in the

Colony. Report.
Author: Straits Settlements.
Publisher: Singapore: Printed at the Govt. Print. Off.?, 1902
Call number: [MFM NL5826 & NL15271]
Description: A team was sent to enquire into and report upon the system of English
education in the colony, especially secondary and technical education.

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Part II: Singapore Education from 1965 to present
Prior to 1965, Singapore had heavily depended on trade with Malaysia to survive. Upon
independence, she was left to fend for herself. The new government of Singapore had to foster
social unity and build a new national identity to unite all citizens regardless of race and religion. It
also has to face the task of having to transform the country’s economy from entrepot trade to an
export oriented economy, as well as to build up an education system to suit the young nation’s
needs.

Education was used as a social engineering tool to transform this resource poor island into a
regional economic power. To create workers who have the relevant industrial skills to operate
machines, technical education was introduced in the 1960s whereby all male lower secondary
students had to take up technical subjects. To create a common national identity, the bilingual policy
was adopted which made English as the first language and mother tongue as the second in 1966.
The Institute of Education was set up in 1973 to train teachers in their profession.

From 1978, the education system had to be modified due to massive changes within Singapore’s
economy. The old system had become inefficient with low levels of literacy and gaps between
labour market needs and school leavers skills. To reduce the number of school dropouts, streaming
was introduced in 1978 to support the learning abilities of different children. The results were higher
number of students who went for further education which produced the right workers for Singapore’s
manufacturing industry.

With increasing globalization and the opening up of China and India, Singapore could no longer
compete effectively in the low cost-manufacturing sector. In 1997, new education initiatives were
introduced to transform Singapore into a knowledge-based society that can contribute more to the
services industry in Singapore. Some of the initiatives include Thinking Schools, Learning Nation
(TSLN), IT Masterplan and National Education (NE).

TSLN was introduced to encourage creative thinking, more varied curriculum and improvement to
teachers’ education. The IT Masterplan aimed to use information technology as an education tool to
expose students to new information sources anywhere and anytime. Lastly, NE was implemented in
schools to develop a sense of common purpose and destiny in all students as citizens of Singapore.
NE was given great emphasis by incorporating it into various teaching subjects like English, History,
Sciences and Maths.

In 1999, old schools were selected for upgrading under the “Programme for Rebuilding and
IMproving Existing schools” (PRIME). A total of 290 schools have to be upgraded at an estimated
cost of $4.46 billion over a period of seven years, from 1999 to 2005. To draw the public’s interests
into the educational process, "Stakeholders in Education" was initiated by “Community and Parents
in Support of Schools” (COMPASS) to spell out the important roles various stakeholders play by
helping our children learn, grow and reach their fullest potential. The stakeholders include family
members, school alumni, teachers, principals and non-teaching staffs within schools.

It was announced in 2007 that the Special and Express Courses would be merged into the “Express
Course” starting from the Secondary One students in 2008. This is due to the Integrated Program
which has attracted a lot of Special stream students and the distinction between Special and
Express is made redundant. From January 2010, students will have a further pathway to choose
from, when MOE’s new School of Science and Technology, Singapore (SST) takes in its first batch
of students. The SST will be established as a Specialised Independent School, complementing the
NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, the Singapore Sports School and the School of the
Arts in adding further diversity to our education landscape.

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The education landscape is very dynamic and ever changing. It also reflects on how the
government has adopted education as a social engineering tool to align with other sectors like the
economy, national defence and community support. Enhanced human capital skills are seen as
crucial to Singapore’s economy leading to new educational changes and bigger investments into
educational resources and infrastructures. Surely, within the next few years, bolder education
initiatives will be put in place to transform Singapore into a world city with a vibrant economy and a
highly educated population.

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Books
To help you begin your research on this topic, here are some recommended works that are available
at Lee Kong Chian Reference Library. For contact details and locations of the libraries, please visit
http://www.nlb.gov.sg.

Title: Language, society, and education in Singapore: Issues and trends

Author: Gopinathan, S. Ho. W, K., Pakir. A. & Saravanan, V. (Eds.)
Publisher: Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2003
Call number: RSING 306.4495957 LAN
Description: This title provides a wide-ranging view of the language issues in Singapore.
It contains information accumulated from language research activities from
the 1980s to the 1990s. Topics like language and national identity, language
and cultural maintenance, language and power as well as language and
education are covered.

Title: Language policies and language education: The impact in East Asian
countries in the next decade
Author: Ho, W. K. & Wong. , Y, L. (Eds.)
Publisher: Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2004
Call number: RSING 306.4495 LAN
Description: This book discuss about the language policies and education in East Asian
countries with a chapter covering Singapore. The chapter on Singapore
talks about the language education system which emphasized on
bilingualism

Title: Innovation and diversity in education

Author: Khoo. A., Heng. M, A., Lim. L. & Ang. R, P. (Eds.)
Publisher: Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education, 2004
Call number: RSING 370.7805957 INN
Description: This title contains selected conference proceedings from the Asia Pacific
Conference on Education held in Singapore in 2003. Some of the themes
covered include science education, special education, critical thinking and
creativity, information technology and affective education.

Title: Learning to think: Thinking to learn

Author: Ministry of Education.
Publisher: Singapore: Ministry of Education, 1998
Call number: RSING q370.95957 SIN
Description: This publication covers the Thinking Schools, Learning Nation policy and its
applications in schools. Some of the highlights include emphasis on critical
thinking, information technology in education, national education and
administrative excellence.

Title: Report of the Committee on compulsory education in Singapore

Author: Ministry of Education.
Publisher: Singapore: Report of the Committee on compulsory education in Singapore,
2000
Call number: RSING q370.95957 SIN
Description: This in-depth report studies how compulsory education can contribute to the
key objectives of giving children a common core of knowledge to operate in
a knowledge-based economy and to build up a common national identity. It
also covers the key issues and challenges of compulsory education in
Singapore.

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Title: Shaping tomorrow today
Author: Ministry of Education.
Publisher: Singapore: Ministry of Education, 2003
Call number: RSING q370.95957 SIN
Description: This publication covers the policies and initiatives that are implemented in
2003 by MOE. Some of the topics covered include BlueSky initiative to
prepare our young for future challenges, creating centers of excellence and
project work at the ‘A’ levels.

Title: Shaping Singapore's future: Thinking schools, learning nation

Author: Tan, E. T. & Ng, P. T. (Eds.)
Publisher: Singapore: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005
Call number: RSING 370.95957 SHA
Description: This book covers the latest educational initiatives like the IT Masterplan,
Innovation and Enterprise, National Education and Knowledge and Inquiry.
All these initiatives are part of the Thinking Schools, Learning Nation (TSLN)
strategy launched in 1997. The objective is to develop a total learning
environment in the country. This title will stimulate reflection and discussion
among educationists.

Title: Singapore's new education system: Education reform for national

development
Author: Soon, T. W.
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1988
Call number: RSING 370.95957 SOO
Description: This book examines the streaming policy and processes of primary school
students. A comprehensive coverage of the transition of the old educational
system to the new was included. The policy of the New Education System
(NES) was introduced and discusses how it was implemented, the public
response to streaming and the impact on Singapore education.

Title: Challenges facing the Singapore education system today

Author: Tan, E. T., S. Gopinathan. & Ho. W, K. (Eds.)
Publisher: Singapore: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2001
Call number: RSING 370.95957 CHA
Description: This title debates about the various challenges within Singapore education
system. Some of the subjects covered include the effect of globalization on
Singapore’s education, the use of IT as a medium of instruction, the usage
of Problem-Based Learning, the social equality of education and language
education policies.

Title: Independent schools and autonomous schools in Singapore: A study

of two school privatization initiatives aimed at promoting school
innovation
Author: Tan, E. T.
Publisher: USA: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1996
Call number: RSING 371.02095957 TAN
Description: This is a master thesis on the history and evolution of private and
autonomous schools in Singapore. The author examined the role of
independent schools and autonomous schools in promoting innovation in
education. The research is well covered through interviews with 16 school
heads, the director of education and the Minister of State for education.

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Title: Teach less, learn more (TLLM) school-based curriculum innovation:
research reports
Author: Tan, O.S.
Publisher: Singapore: Curriculum Policy and Pedagogy Unit, Curriculum Planning and
Development Division, Ministry of Education [and] Educational Research,
2007
Call number: RSING 371.102095957 TEA
Description: A collection of research papers that focus on the impact of the Teach Less,
Learn More (TLLM) policy on the implementation of school-based
curriculum. It contains the teaching experiences of selected primary and
secondary school teachers in Singapore as they go about conducting their
own lessons under TLLM.

Title: Evolution of educational excellence: 25 years of education in the

Republic of Singapore
Author: Yip, S. K. & Sim. W, K. (Eds.)
Publisher: Singapore: Longman, 1990
Call number: RSING 370.95957 EVO
Description: This book gives an in depth view of 25 years of education evolution in
Singapore. Comprehensive in its coverage of the various aspects of
Singapore education policy like Thinking Schools, Learning Nation (TSLN)
and curriculum changes, it is a recommended reading for users who wants
to learn more about Singapore’s education.

Title: Mission with a passion: Making a difference

Publisher: Ministry of Education, 2000
Call number: RSING q370.95957 SIN
Description: This publication discuss about the “Thinking Schools, Learning Nation”
policy and how it is implemented in various schools. Its coverage includes
the challenges facing the Singapore education system and how to create a
conducive learning environment for students. The special role of teachers as
thinking and learning professionals is also discussed.

Title: Educating our next generation: Hallmarks of excellence

Publisher: Singapore: Public Affairs Division, Ministry of Education, 1995
Call number: RSING 370.95957 EDU
Description: This publication covers the education scene in Singapore in 1995 and the
policies that are executed to empower the next generation. It talks about a
constant review of the education system to meet the needs of a growing
nation and is full of personal stories of teachers during their teaching career
in the schools.

Title: MOE yearbook: The Heart of the Teacher

Publisher: Singapore: Ministry of Education, 2001
Call number: RSING 370.95957 SME
Description: This publication touches on the National Education policy and gives an
overview of the career potential of teachers. Presented in a Teacher’s Diary
format which offers the reader a special view of the teaching profession from
the unique perspective of a teacher.

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