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Minor Issues: My New Year wish list for Singapore’s education system

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Schools can now set their own start times, but most have stuck to 7.30am.

Schools can now set their own start times, but most have stuck to 7.30am.

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SINGAPORE – With my youngest child starting Primary 1 on Tuesday, all three of my kids would be in the formal school system.

My two older children in Secondary 2 and JC 1 in junior college have largely adjusted to the education system. And while they occasionally gripe about this and that, they are familiar with the demands of school and have few issues with it.

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