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Mr Tan Chor Pang, principal of Boon Lay Secondary School, with some of its students. During his 35 years as an educator, he has taught students from both the Normal and Express streams and has never minded teaching weaker children, saying: "I felt li

Mr Tan Chor Pang, principal of Boon Lay Secondary School, with some of its students. During his 35 years as an educator, he has taught students from both the Normal and Express streams and has never minded teaching weaker children, saying: "I felt like I could make a big contribution."

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Jolene Ang

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If not for streaming, things might have turned out differently for many of Mr Tan Chor Pang's former students.
Mr Tan, 59, is the principal of Boon Lay Secondary School and has been an educator for the past 35 years. In that time, he has taught students from the Normal (Technical), Normal (Academic) and Express streams.
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