By The Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) The Ministry of Education’s initiative to integrate the Israel-Palestine conflict into educational discussions, particularly within a program aimed at fostering social harmony and inculcating national...
This report focuses on the gap in societal attainment by examining an area that most would agree is crucial: education. After all, Singapore aspires to be a meritocratic society in which education represents a primary conduit for social mobility. A fair and meritocratic education system allowing the most talented and hardest working people among the next generation to advance is the fairest way to distribute social goods. And education is one area in which the gap between the races is most noticeable. Does the education gap reflect a systemic failure, an issue unique to the Malays, or something else?
By Assoc Prof John Donaldson Many students in Singapore’s Normal (Technical) (or NT) stream do indeed have specific dreams and aspirations. Some of these students fail to achieve their dreams, but many others succeed – with the help of specific kinds of interventions....
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Amid news of the threat posed by COVID-19 to an already ailing global economy plagued by the US-China trade war and deglobalisation, the announcements made by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat when he delivered the...
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Earlier in March this year, the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) organised its annual Community-in-Review seminar. Themed Education Strategies in the New Era: Sustaining Progress, the seminar sought to discuss the strategies that...
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to...
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid The edict set in the cement blocks of our consumer-oriented society is, “whither there be demand, thither shalt be supply” and when that demand is a grade on a sheet, actual learning is gradually overtaken by the odious ‘how-to’s of acing an...
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim “A graduate in every family” – this was a goal proposed during the Third National Convention of Singapore Muslim Professionals in 2012. It has since become a mantra of sorts for Malay/Muslim self-help organisations intending to help...
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results released on 25 November 2015 saw a record of 98.3% of students qualified to advance to secondary school, up by 0.7% from the previous year. However, it is worth noting that the percentage of...
11 Ogos 2015 SINGAPURA: Masyarakat Melayu terbukti memiliki daya tahan yang kukuh untuk berjaya. Ini jelas, menerusi penerbitan buku kompilasi "Pursuit of Knowledge", yang memaparkan pergelutan lapan anggota masyarakat dalam mencari ilmu dan kejayaan. Ada yang diduga...