SINGAPORE - Students with different abilities forged more friendships across academic streams when brought together in a form class, a study has found.
Secondary school students in mixed-ability classes said nearly 40 per cent of the friends they had in school were from different streams, according to a study by the National Institute of Education (NIE).
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