REACH 521 - What are your views on the 2024 key priorities for the education system? How can we assist to uplift lower-SES students and encourage children to be independent?
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3/1/24, 10:11 am - +REACH: *đĸ Topic đĸ*
Speaking to The Straits Times on 27 Dec 8 (Wed), Education Minister Chan Chun Sing outlined his priorities for the education system in 2024. These included looking forward to avoid complacency, investing more in learning for adults and uplifting teacher training for those in the special education sector.
He also emphasised the need to close the socio-economic gap between students and look at uplifting lower-SES students as a social and emotional issue rather than an academic issue, and shared his hope that parents can work together with teachers to give children the space to grow and the chance to be independent.
*đŦ What are your views on the 2024 key priorities for the education system? How can we assist to uplift lower-SES students and encourage children to be independent?*
_Key priorities for education system in 2024:_
đ *Mainstream school system to remain relevant and avoid complacency*
Although Singapore students emerged as top performers in a study carried out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2022, Mr Chan cautioned that this is no time for complacency.
“We are doing well by all current metrics, but that is not our definition of success. We need to stay vigilant about the forces that are and will be impacting us,” he said, adding that it is the duty and responsibility of educators to look farther ahead to see if they will continue to excel in future as well.
đ *Improve lifelong learning opportunities for adult learners*
Adult learners will receive more support, not just in terms of financial resources but also in the form of guidance when it comes to time management and upskilling. Another focus will be to strengthen adult learning methods through the Institute for Adult Learning, so that training can be better catered to older learners who have different responsibilities and time commitments as compared with younger students.
Minister said more about MOE’s efforts in this area of lifelong learning will be revealed during the upcoming Budget announcement.
đ *Uplift professionalism of Sped school educators*
From 2024, key staff and leaders in Sped schools can also look forward to more avenues for professional development, such as opportunities to reinforce teachers’ skills in working with students of different disabilities.
For a start, Second Minister for Education Maliki Osman announced on Nov 3 that additional funding will be provided to Sped schools to raise educators’ salaries, as part of MOE’s efforts to attract and retain talent in the sector.
đđģ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/chan-chun-sing-lays-out-key-priorities-for-s-pore-s-education-system-in-2024
đđģ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/give-children-space-to-grow-and-be-independent-chan-chun-sing
đđģ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/uplifting-lower-ses-students-is-social-and-emotional-issue-rather-than-academic-issue-chan-chun-sing
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3/1/24, 11:22 am - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
1. Basic education specifically primary and secondary must ensure the foundation of STEM - science, technology, engineering and math.
As STEM is the core of future careers.
2. Of course language skill specifically English must also be emphasize - as it is the language for education learning.
3. Mother tongue should be taught as secondary language.
4. High standard must be upheld for all subjects especially STEM.
5. But students should be given choices to choose their pathway - the subjects they are interested and good at. As well as the pace of learning. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 11:27 am - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
1. STEM will form the foundation for higher learning such as universities, JCs, polytechnic and ITE.
2. Adult continuous learning will also anchor on STEM as AI will be next wave that drive employment.
3/1/24, 11:34 am - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
3. Some parents and students will feel stressful and unable to keep up.
4. Hence students must be allowed to choose a slower pace of learning for subjects they are weak at - to ensure they grasp the topic well as they progress.
Help such as more teacher attention will be given for slower pace learning and extra tuition be given via community centre or equivalent assistance.
That means, slower students will be given extra year to graduate for example.
But this will ensure high standard is maintained - while students can grasp the subject better.
3/1/24, 11:40 am - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
5. As students can pick the subjects they are interested in, students learn better as they have more passion to excel.
Eg. If Advanced math is too tough, some students can choose additional math.
If additional math is still too tough, they can choose elementary math.
If pure physics and chemistry are too tough, they can choose physical science.
If computing science is too tough, they can choose basic coding.
And once they get full grasp of the topic, they can choose to advance and pick more difficult subjects.
3/1/24, 11:44 am - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
6. Students who are academically inclined should be given the breadth and depth to pick more subjects and more in-depth subjects - to maximise his/her potential.
7. Students who are weaker academically should put more emphasis on project based, hands on experience or work and play approach - to help them grasp the fundamental of various subjects.
8. This will ensure students of various aptitudes progress without dropping out, stay engaged, interested in the subjects they study on and progress at their own pace.
9. But most importantly, the standards of every subjects are keep high.
10. Lowering the standard of each subjects to relieve stress of the students and parents will be the sure way of graduates not getting jobs in the workplace if our education standards are mediocre - because future careers are predominantly based on STEM. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 12:00 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Subjects can also be made modular topics by topics to relieve stress.
For example would MOE consider holding modular tests for each topic for slower pace students rather than relying on one final exam eg. PSLE, GCE O level, GCE A level to grade students before they progress to higher education of learning?
1. Eg. Math.
After Pythagoras theorem lesson - an online test is held for the slower pace students.
If students score 80% - he get an A.
Then teach probability - then conduct an online test
And go on until the students complete all the topics in the subjects.
No final exam is required - as the average score is derived from aggregation of all the scores and do an average.
This will help to relieve stress for the slower pace students.
2. Eg. Physics learn Newton law. Online test.
Then another modular topics - Einstein law of relativity. On line test, next topic.
3/1/24, 12:04 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Modular test will make students less stressful - as they don't need to study many topics all together at the end of the year.
But slower pace students still get a good grasp of every modular topics.
And yet high standard of each subjects can be maintained.
3/1/24, 12:05 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Similar to "byte size" learning that mirror adult education.
3/1/24, 12:07 pm - +MK: <Media omitted>
3/1/24, 12:09 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Primary and secondary education is all about:-
1. Math
2. Science
3. English
4. Mother tongue
5. Eca - coding
Math and science and coding are STEM.
3/1/24, 12:11 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
1. Engineering, computer science, accountant, finance, architects, electrical, electronics, semiconductor, sustainability, medical - doctor, nursing, pharmacist, statisticians, etc
2. Notably, all R&D are STEM. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 12:14 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
All developed countries - have a very strong foundation in STEM.
3/1/24, 12:26 pm - +Bhavani: Today was my daughter's second day as a sec 2 student. she slept late and woke up late and had to rush to school. I am extremely worried that this is the pattern which is going to be followed throughout the year by my daughter I think the first priority of the education system should be to ensure that teenagers who are difficult to handle, are also handled by schools to make sure these teenagers go to sleep on time as sleep is the most important thing for academic achievement and emotional and mental stability. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 12:29 pm - +Suma pamu: If MT is too tough, then ?(asking abt MT. not HMT).
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3/1/24, 12:32 pm - +Bhavani: Secondly, my daughter studies hard and gets good grades. Thus, there is no need for teachers to give so much online homework which intrudes into her sleep time and makes her get up late. Also too much online homework has made her get myopia. Now she has no choice but to wear spectacles as her eyesight has become poor <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 12:32 pm - +Suma pamu: This level of differentiation should be done after o level, not before that..
Why need to brand a child at such young age And showcase they are good at this, they are bad at this.
A pathetic way of Discrimination in the name of education.
I wonder how many happy students, in the end? The higher acheivers? Who constantly being forced to retain/increase grades? Or the lower ones who Got stamped on head as lower achiver!!
None.
Except 10% None will be happier.
Neither Educators nor the students.
3/1/24, 12:34 pm - +Suma pamu: When ever education topic comes, i sincerely feel i must voice out,. Branding and stamping children about grades before they are 16yrs of age only a backward regressive society does.
3/1/24, 12:38 pm - +Suma pamu: Singapore might have Great syllabus, Great educators good infrastrucrure than many Developed countries, but its not caring about Overall development of Children, Everything is about BEST.
Even CCAs who gets choice, the one who does best..
.. I understand that Sg is only for best by the best to the best.
But Govt forgets the so called THEIR best in overall population will be less than 20% only.
As long as Grades And as long as The stamping of child u r good at this, bad at this.. u allowed to take only this, becz u get good marks only at this... Bla bla
Is just waste of time to even debate.
As MOE will never consider broader picture and Overall wellbeing of children.
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3/1/24, 12:42 pm - +Smiley face: Differentiation
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3/1/24, 12:43 pm - +Smiley face: In search of excellence, a spectrum of abilities from the head, hand and the heart!
3/1/24, 12:44 pm - +Suma pamu: Now Frm Express NA NT.. they changed Names.. đ.
As if people don't understand the difference
3/1/24, 12:45 pm - +Bhavani: Thirdly, there is much emphasis on teamwork and communication in the current education system. While this is not bad, as it teaches students to be cooperative and accommodative towards colleagues when they go to work in the future, the problem is despite good grades, my daughter is shunned by almost all her classmates as they think she is not a fast witty conversationalist, so my daughter only has 1 friend who is just like her. My daughter has made multiple attempts to communicate with others but they shun her. As marks are given based on teamwork and communication for many subjects, her classmates do not cooperate with her, and she ends up getting reduced marks which is not fair as she is a bright student with great ideas.
3/1/24, 12:46 pm - +Noraini: What good is best student if the best job goes to foreigner
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3/1/24, 1:00 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
1. I think some of the stress are parents and students craving and wanting to get into elite schools like RI, Hwa Chong JC, NJC etc.
2. By craving to enter into this "elite schools", parents will feel that their children will give them pride and better future.
3. Hence unnecessary stress - and is not true that elite schools will give children the best future careers.
4. Because eventually the final equaliser is university education.
5. And I also believe that every school is a good school.
6. To test my hypothesis, I and my siblings put all our children into neighbourhood schools from primary, secondary to JC, one enter polytechnic.
7. Eventually, all are now universities graduates or undergraduates in various professions.
8. So parents who are obsessed with branded schools, elite schools are just putting unnecessary stress onto themselves and their own children.
3/1/24, 1:03 pm - +Suma pamu: 5. All schools are good schools. Not all same.
If all same my question is why Raffels never had NA NT students?
Let's just accept that we as human beings wants best for us, for our children. But A system, a fairer system should be the one which treats all. children equally.
If not its a regressive System.
3/1/24, 1:05 pm - +Suma pamu: 8. Like i said above. Why there is need of elites schools in the first place?
Who are actually in those schools?
(How many Locals/ PRs/foreigners)
How many From Elite background? How many from poor/middle income backgrounds?
3/1/24, 1:05 pm - +Bhavani: University graduates also can end up with multiple disabilities and become unable to work
3/1/24, 1:07 pm - +Bhavani: Then the time, money and energy they spent on their university studies goes to complete waste
3/1/24, 1:09 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
9. Even in neighbourhood schools - from primary, secondary, JC and polytechnic - we still can produce government scholar, engineer, civil servants, doctor, lawyer, sustainability professional etc.
10. So wonder why parents crave and stress for elite branded schools?
Why parents worried about express, normal streams ?
I and my siblings not craving for such "elite labels" for our children - even though all my siblings come from RI, RGS, and reputable JCs.
Because we want our children to learn pragmatism, humbleness and not chase after brands or elitism.
the eiltes of society won't accept that.
In Sg grades are definitely matters, lets us accept this basic fact...
3/1/24, 1:11 pm - +Bhavani: We need our children to learn about how to be a good human being, how to uplift people who are not well off and how not to be materialistic
3/1/24, 1:11 pm - +Suma pamu: Lets stop Blaming parents.. blaming only parents where it will lead?
I never wanter Branded Schl for my child.
My child wants Triple sci, do u know how many neighbourhood schls has Triple science?
Even neighbourhood schl parents if they kiasu, They force children to study well and give stress..(so Parents topic is irrelevant when discussing about A govt system)
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3/1/24, 1:12 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
But those children who can do well in elite schools such as RI, reputable JCs - should enrol in.
Because students should maximise their learning potential.
3/1/24, 1:13 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
For others who can't make it to such schools, no need to be despair, no need to be jealous and green with envy.
Because every school is a good school.
3/1/24, 1:13 pm - +Suma pamu: Why parents worried about normal n express?
Becz of how System treat those children they know very well..
That's why they worried.
3/1/24, 1:17 pm - +Bhavani: My daughter is in express yet gets shunned badly so normal and express is actually no different in my opinion. Students especially the shy and scared to communicate ones should be taught how to converse in a smart, fast and witty manner. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 1:19 pm - +Suma pamu: Agree...
3/1/24, 1:20 pm - +Bhavani: However, we must also teach students not to look down on others who are not naturally smart witty talkers. The smart witty talkers and teachers can be roped in to teach other students who are not witty in their conversations, on how to have a fast, smart and witty conversation. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 1:23 pm - +Bhavani: This might improve teamwork and communication which the current primary and secondary education system puts such an emphasis on. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 1:25 pm - +Bhavani: The education system must ensure that students cooperate no matter what, so that no student's grade suffers because of uncooperative team members.
3/1/24, 1:34 pm - +Thank You: All school. Should come up with mindfulness meditation every day for 5-10mins our honourable late father LKY practice meditation too
3/1/24, 1:35 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Hahaha...
Yes mindfulness meditation reduce stress, attain concentration and focus.
In long run, Wisdom grow.
3/1/24, 1:36 pm - +Rama: Not much can be done as the parents of the smart witty children are sometimes part of the problem and the school isn't really helpful.
3/1/24, 1:36 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Because one will be mindful of every :-
1. Thoughts
2. Speeches
3. Actions.
3/1/24, 1:39 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Mindfulness meditation for 1/2 hour more useful.
Because it cultivate concentration, patience, tolerance and insight into mental phenomenal.
And it clears negative energy of Anger, Greed, Jealousy, Envy, Ego, Cravings and other negative energy.
Advanced meditator can go on to meditate for 1 hour.
3/1/24, 1:39 pm - +Bhavani: I have read in several articles that at least 20 minutes of mindful meditation is what brings the best results rather than just 10 minutes. scientists have also proven through scientific experiments that mindfulness meditation improves concentration and focus, memory recall, intelligence and prevents aggression and even enhances our abilities to tolerate pain and improves our immune system, respiratory system and our heart, in fact our whole body. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 1:43 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Yes.
All the positive attributes you mention here can be achieved through mindfulness meditation.
But not sure about 20 minutes is sufficient.
Because concentration is at the maxim after 30 minutes - where all mental phenomenal slow and settle down after 30 minutes.
Concentration will come in after mental phenomenal settle down.
Nimitta, the focus point will come when such state comes after 30 minutes.
I hour meditation are mainly for advanced meditator.
3/1/24, 1:46 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
In fact, anxiety, cravings, aggression, negative energy such as unhappiness, expectations, wants, desires etc will slowly retreat.
Serenity, calmness, equanimity and positive energy will crowd out negative energy.
We will be happier, more contented, less stressful and less cravings, more appreciative.
3/1/24, 1:47 pm - +Ben: Very glad to see that the singular reference of exam results is not considered all that is important in a child education.
3/1/24, 1:48 pm - +Ben: People need to learn life skills, including social, team, practical and inventiveness. People also need to be motivated and alert.
3/1/24, 1:49 pm - +Ben: I've had the benefit of travelling, living and working in many countries. There is much I love about Singapore, but there is work to be done in some key areas to maintain and improve living standards for all.
3/1/24, 1:50 pm - +Bhavani: Yes I think I can agree that 1 hour would be even much better. This is because I've found that 20 mins does not give me sufficient time to calm my brain down. I still tend to get random thoughts affecting my mind. Mine is a highly disturbed brain as I suffer from multiple serious conditions so it's hard to be calm when I'm suffering pain all the time. Similarly, my child suffers from severe respiratory conditions affecting her mentally, so I doubt that 20 mins would be enough. It would be great if schools can set aside 1 hour every morning for mindful meditation. This would definitely bring plenty of improvement to children, especially teenagers.
3/1/24, 1:50 pm - +Ben: For me, it starts with the school system which I find to be regimented, inflexible and narrow minded.
3/1/24, 1:51 pm - +Ben: Maybe give the children more breaks, lunchtimes together and the opportunity to play.
3/1/24, 1:51 pm - +Ben: We are too prescriptive as a nation and always seek to impose structure and systems.
3/1/24, 1:52 pm - +Bhavani: However, if children and teenagers don't sleep on time the night before, meditation and physical exercise would be of no benefit <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 1:53 pm - +Ben: Meditation is great. I do that myself. Maybe we could look at having different options available so kids can find what suits them. Some will be sport, others meditation, others art, others reading. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 1:53 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Pain is also a source of mindfulness meditation.
Focus on the pain, and mindfully observe the manifestation of pain and how it transform.
Soon you will be able to accept the pain and live with the pain.
Your mind will settle down, more contented and more bliss.
3/1/24, 1:53 pm - +Ben: And less external tuition, please... but that comes from the parents...
3/1/24, 1:53 pm - +Bhavani: If they don't sleep on time and go to school the next morning, they could even collapse after or during physical exercise
3/1/24, 1:54 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Meditation cannot replace sleep.
Because meditation is mind activity that requires concentration.
3/1/24, 1:55 pm - +Thank You: If you have an awesome school leaders like Xishan primary have Mrs Queck it will make a difference!
3/1/24, 1:57 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Children at certain age is rebellious.
The key is positive communication.
Nagging won't help.
Scolding won't help.
Punishment won't help.
Positive discussion.
Mutually set timing to allow children for play and set alarm clock - time to sleep (mutually agreed upon).
If conditions met, give a reward.
Then will ensure buy in.
Treat the children as peer friend - will have more positive outcome.
3/1/24, 1:57 pm - +Bhavani: External tuition is a waste of time, energy and money. This money could be spent on buying assessment books sold in bookshops and students can do self study. Only for maths, tuition might be necessary as maths is an extremely difficult subject.
3/1/24, 1:59 pm - +Bhavani: I tell my child nicely also, still she is rebellious and does not go to sleep on time.
3/1/24, 2:00 pm - +Bhavani: Talking nicely with rebellious teenagers also does not help at all. This is because the teenagers question who are we to tell them anything <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 2:02 pm - +Bhavani: They think they should lead their lives the way they want so they sleep whatever time they want
3/1/24, 2:03 pm - +Bhavani: Despite giving my daughter freedom in everything, she does not even listen when I tell her to sleep on time.
3/1/24, 2:03 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Well probably can try.
"Don't look at me as your father.
Look at me as your friend and can confide in me.
I won't scold you or punish you or nag at you.
Let us do a deal, you allow to play your handphone until say 10.30 pm.
Set an alarm clock - and then switch off the phone to sleep.
If you can do it for 1 month, I reward you with something the child like."
All along this line.
I am sure you will have a better results. <This message was edited>
3/1/24, 2:06 pm - +Bhavani: When I give my child rewards, she is not grateful.
3/1/24, 2:06 pm - +REACH: *đĸ Topic đĸ*
3/1/24, 2:07 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Rewards can be intangible.
Need not be material rewards.
Most important, win the child's heart and trust.
One day it will work.
3/1/24, 2:13 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
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3/1/24, 2:30 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ: <Media omitted>
3/1/24, 2:31 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
This is what mindfulness meditation can achieve.
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3/1/24, 4:05 pm - +REACH: *đĸ Topic đĸ*
3/1/24, 4:34 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
My close friend comments:-
A breath of fresh air !!!
The lower hanging fruits have been picked ( eg excel in grades and mainstream schools).
Happy to see gov courage to put difficult issues on the radar in particularly : 1 life long learning
2 Sped.
I think they warrant more specific discussions and inputs because the challenges are wide ranging.
3/1/24, 4:56 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
1. Many parents will try to buy a house close to elite primary school, secondary school and JCs - so that their children can get into elite schools.
2. Some parents even volunteer as parent support group or alumni in top elite schools - to win points so that their children can gain entry into elite schools.
3. My sibling on the contrary volunteer himself in neighborhood primary, secondary and neighborhood JC - offering his service to start sustainability green garden, teach table tennis and become parental support group.
4. He taught and spar with his son and my son in neighborhood JC as table tennis assistant coach to the school coach.
Eventually the table tennis team manage to win medals when competing against the more renowned JCs who are good in table tennis.
5. His son eventually study sustainability in university and graduating with sustainability degree.
While my son go on to take government scholarship and become an R&D scholar.
3/1/24, 5:10 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
And this has proven the hypothesis that "every school is a good school".
Provided the "Heart is at the right place".
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3/1/24, 5:35 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
In case there is a Zen Master around.
More accurately, to be correct (not to infringe false speech) only in Jhana Samadhi and Nirvana meditative state - can totally replace sleep.
This is 1 in a million.
3/1/24, 5:36 pm - +~a: Is this scam?
3/1/24, 5:36 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ: <Media omitted>
3/1/24, 5:36 pm - +Rama: No but check the hyperlink carefully
3/1/24, 5:37 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
Not scam.
Claim already.
3/1/24, 5:37 pm - +Rama: I used this to receive my share so no issue
3/1/24, 5:38 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
But follow REACH URL link.
3/1/24, 5:38 pm - +Rama: Yes
3/1/24, 5:38 pm - ☸️ Danny åŋ:
This URL is correct.
3/1/24, 6:02 pm - +REACH: *đĸ Topic đĸ*
3/1/24, 6:47 pm - +REACH: *Dear Contributors,*
⏰ We will be closing the chat in *15 minutes* ⏰
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan đ
3/1/24, 6:58 pm - +Smiley face: 3 January, 2023
" A New Year Resolution for All: Policymakers, Parents, Teachers and Students"
"Choice & Decision: Every little advantage will move YOU further and ahead (not taking advantage of others) ? If it's true then it's YOU and it is not the Competition itself that drives anxiety and anguish.
What do YOU aspires? It is a conjunction of a person's meaning in life. And competency happens to be a lifelong process to gather and it takes time to accomplish it, it's not Dual nor Plural. So what is Success and what is Failure along the lifetime of a person? It is never a one-size fits all phenomena; accelerating performance or pitfall !"
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đ *Mainstream school system to remain relevant and avoid complacency*
Optimisation:
Where are the areas of complacent and the loopholes before it turns stagnate?
It is both a human and system synchronise as one mechanism and the machinery of producing highly skilled and talented young individuals that will transit into the workforce as abled young adults both to contribute to the economy and receiving calibrated helps from time to time. All of these initiatives regardless of giving or receiving are part and parcel of living in a cohesive and less contentious environment and not selfishness but to cultivate an attitude of selflessness to give to others and the country. And never take things as it is and for granted or our core competency and competitiveness will erode and getting it back will be a colossal effort and the biggest challenge of our lifetime!
đ *Improve lifelong learning opportunities for adult learners*
What are the causes of behavior change and tendency of individuals to deject/delay/defer/ from upskilling, reskilling or learning new skillsets? Individuals include teenagers to working adults.
Is our present system to educate and to train our people a big encouraging andvl enabling ethos in the making or many painful pitfalls and bad experiences for many and benefiting a portion of people who are willing to strive, to sacrifice, and achieve success in this process of consistent renewal?
đ *Uplift professionalism of Sped school educators*
SPEC OR SAP OR THE BEST OF THE BEST?
Optimisation to Superoptimisation:
It is upmost important and relevant to train our education experts both at the back offices and at the battle grounds; teachers are the role model to students and teachers must possess the up-to-date knowledge and know-how coupled with prior experience to face the class of students. (Class can mean classification?)
Is environment one key success to any humankind endeavour? How to create craft and condition many condusive learning enclaves? How flexible is it in each of these mini-caves?
Will flexibility out perform rigidity? And how about the human brain and how it can work optimily in any environment whether is an ideal setup or free-up the space to nurture creativity?
Is creativity, all along an advantage or letting the creative individuals to rise up from the cohort or crowd? Just how important it is to be creative at the workplace from an Administrator to the Zoo keeper or creativitiness belongs to the passionate, professional and the people from the visual & performing arts & handy crafts communities?
Continuation: Part 3/9
(The Digital Civilisation: Accelerating Performances & Pitfalls: Jung, Maslow, Da Vinci, Deming, Einstein, Galileo, Moore and more?)
The Human Capital: Work, Life and Success or Pitfall?
"If you can't see it, you cannot see it all !"
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The Placement of Working?
2 years or shorter
You are quitting sooner than later.
Either a mismatch of skillsets, roles, personality, or dissatisfied with your job or your colleagues, situations or circumstances. You or your boss or both cannot find the fit and the future job prospect in this present role.
2-5 years
Your first breakthrough. Congratulations, you have learned the relevant skills, the know-hows and your company or your superior is satisfied with your efforts.
5-10 years
Your workplace becoming your second home.
You are competent and dependable. You have attained a good sense of your job scopes, you are experience and exposed to the company's environments both internal and external.
10-15 years
You are comfortable with your working environment, feeling stable & secured, and not feeling stagnant or threaten.
You have attained a higher level of competency, trusted, and more likely to be in the mid or high position of responsibilities. An accomplished and valuable asset to the organisation.
15 - 25 years
You have won the trust of almost everyone around you and those who are working with you, likes you.
You are one of the stronger pillars in your organisation, leadership, and posses a deep-well of knowledge through upgrading/renewal of skills. You have proven beyond any doubts that your efforts and loyalty are widely recognised by your superiors, your peers, fellow colleagues and can be a good role model to many co-workers.
25 years and longer
You have done it all !
You are the pioneer (not a dead piece of wood) and known/nicknamed as"one of the longest serving employees (of all time)". Your preservation, self discipline, determination and self motivation outpace the rest of your colleagues from the bottom to the top. You are a relevant Stayer, a testament of success regardless of your latest position in your organisation! You are the exemplary key for SUCCESS (relevant skills, incentives, recognitions, promotions, contributor and team player, mindsets, pay, compensation and trust) both at personal level and at the workplace.
Counter productive? Consistency?
With the above timeline and attributes, both employee-employer benefits from these milestones of achievement and the traction to success. At each junction of a person's performance and relevancy are two visible attributes in any organisation and bosses, both internal and external perspectives not mere productivity as the sole metric of measurements for success and tangible contributions from revenue to profit. If 10% or more are long service staff, is it a good indicator of a people centric, progressive and prosperous organisation? A broad measurements of a person's can be classified in three dimensional; the limitation of a person's Physical capabilities, the depth of individual's Emotional intelligence and the overall mental wellbeing and abilities of each employee. Understanding the three dynamics of an individual will allow better balancing and matching of individuals to a team; the strengths and minimising potential areas of human conflicts, confrontations which weaken the cohesiveness, teamwork and individual performance. Thus it can either turned into many unforseesble frictional situations or balancing to optimise the overall performance at the workplace on the backdrop of working from home.
How to superoptimise a business both WFH and on-site work than optimising which is not sufficient into the digital age of the workplace? Comparatively, compartmentalising and consolidating the protocols of workload; the larger an organisation is, in multi steps, and the sensitivity of a business or the process is, the less it is to WFH.
Successful?
Perhaps it's necessary for HR managers and bosses to adopt a multi-metric (non bias) approach in grading and classifying each employee to seek for balance within a department and the skillsets, capacity & scale, and the overall operational needs and aspirations from an elevated view of the entire organisation in the augmented reality of AI (or a non digitised or a semi digitised workforce) and the existing organic (or rigid or unstructured) structure of workings and the workplace.
Holistically, both parties should assess and examine the potential derivatives and benefits of any job/role enlarging the responsibility against the odds of pitfall in any crafted job or created role. This is another Successful venture we called it Human Capital (HC) which is cumulatively more important than the managing of HR !
Summary:
It all started from young age and at the elementary school to the nstitution for higher knowledge. How well other systems of education flare? In Asia, there is China and Japan and selectively in India and the US. In Northern Europe, we have the Nordic countries from Denmark, Sweden to Finland. Putting aside the annual PISA rankings and the analytics of performance in numbers, the facts, and linguistic abilities of teenagers from the OECD countries.
Why are there more inventors, technologists, world class scientists and exceptional industrialists from these ranked countries? Is population size and education format the keys or are there more vectors from the past and the present in all of these breakthroughs and successes? It is an endless game of progression!
Continuation: Part 4/9 (1-2)
(The Digital Civilisation: Accelerating Performances & Pitfalls: Jung, Maslow, Da Vinci, Deming, Einstein, Galileo, Moore, Newton, and more?)
"In the coming ten years, if, Singapore is able to capture a tenth or more of the world digital goods and services and trades through refreshed agreements; This momentum, perhaps, will be the begining of a new epoch that will surpass the last 50 years of nation building, economics and social growth potentials not seen now onwards, and forward thinking in this era of Digitisation and Decarbonisation of all tangibles and intangibles that we identify as the future Singapore Enterprise (fSE) for financial, food, logistics, education, entertainment, arts and performance, energy, world class governance, strong military, center for talents, cutting edge R&D, advanced digital city and updated physical infrastructures, housings, city & urban plannings and most importantly, SG as a locale, will be the matching and happening for multitude of activities in/out of Asean-China- India-America and the larger Indo Pacific. For all periods of transition and the transformations shall be the efforts of the people together with the fourth generation of leaders to excel and to bridge a forward SG in the making and most importantly, the future of a Digital Civilisation!"
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Continuation: Part 4/9 (1-2)
(The Digital Civilisation: Accelerating Performances & Pitfalls: Jung, Maslow, Da Vinci, Deming, Einstein, Galileo, Moore, Newton, and more?)
"In the coming ten years, if, Singapore is able to capture a tenth or more of the world digital goods and services and trades through refreshed agreements; This momentum, perhaps, will be the begining of a new epoch that will surpass the last 50 years of nation building, economics and social growth potentials not seen now onwards, and forward thinking in this era of Digitisation and Decarbonisation of all tangibles and intangibles that we identify as the future Singapore Enterprise (fSE) for financial, food, logistics, education, entertainment, arts and performance, energy, world class governance, strong military, center for talents, cutting edge R&D, advanced digital city and updated physical infrastructures, housings, city & urban plannings and most importantly, SG as a locale, will be the matching and happening for multitude of activities in/out of Asean-China- India-America and the larger Indo Pacific. For all periods of transition and the transformations shall be the efforts of the people together with the fourth generation of leaders to excel and to bridge a forward SG in the making and most importantly, the future of a Digital Civilisation!"
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3/1/24, 7:00 pm - +REACH: *Dear Contributors,*
We will be closing the chat for today.
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan đ
3/1/24, 7:01 pm - ~ REACH Singapore changed this group's settings to allow only admins to send messages to this group
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