“Intelligence plus character- that is the true goal of education.” This quote by Martin Luther King Jr succinctly summarizes the purpose of receiving an education. In order to push students’ boundaries and to inculcate in them...
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GP Essay #51: Do you agree that reading novels is a waste of...
Virginia Woolf once said: “Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so lightly...
GP Essay #50: “A school should not only teach knowledge, but...
C.S. Lewis once said, “Knowledge without values seems rather to make a man a more clever devil.”...
GP Essay #25: Can education solve all problems?
The myth that education is the magic bullet to solve the problems that plague the modern world is...
GP Essay #14: Consider the view that formal education has done...
In the past decade, there has been a rising debate surrounding education and its ability to...
Preparing for jobs that are not yet created
This commentary highlights key changes needed in the education, training, and reskilling domains in...
High-stakes national exams in Korea
Suneung – the Korean abbreviation for College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) – is the...
Lack of preschool teachers in Singapore
It is stipulated that 3,000 more preschool teachers are needed by 2020 to meet the demands of the...
Addressing loneliness in the classroom
Loneliness and social isolation are becoming bigger social problems, despite the fact that we have...
NTU’s exclusive career fair draws criticism
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) held a career fair which exclusively targets students with a...