Singapore's education system has a well-deserved reputation for excellence, which might lead one to question recent moves by the Government to modify policies, sometimes significantly. Why tinker with a system which does so well for so many so efficiently?
One reason the system is so good today is that the Government has put a great deal of thought into devising a system sufficiently flexible to accommodate the country's shifting needs and means.
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