Parents and children split on increase in home-based learning from 2021

Secondary schools and junior colleges will start having one day of home-based learning every two weeks for some levels from Term 3 of next year. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - For 13-year-old Teng Xin Rui, more days schooling from home will mean fewer early starts.

The Secondary 1 student at Bedok South Secondary School has to get up at 5.30am every morning to make it in time for school, a struggle similar to what many students here face on a daily basis.

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