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Students in mixed-ability classes have more friends across courses

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Students in schools that have done away with academic streaming have made more friends across the different courses - Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical), a study has found.
Madam Liew Wei Li, the Education Ministry's (MOE) director-general of education, said data from the first year of implementing full subject-based banding (SBB) has shown positive outcomes.
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