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In 2019, MOE removed all forms of formal grading for Primary 1 and 2 pupils, so as to focus on holistic learning.

In 2019, MOE removed all forms of formal grading for Primary 1 and 2 pupils, so as to focus on holistic learning.

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SINGAPORE – Happy New Year, fellow parents. Whether you have been cradling your baby, reining in a restless primary schooler or hopelessly commandeering an apathetic teen, you have made it through another year of semi-successful parenting.

They don’t give out annual parenting awards – mainly because we have all bought into the silly belief that a happy and healthy child is its own reward – but if they did, we should all get a prize. Or 22.

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