[EDLING:2418] Singapore: MOE strengthens language education to prepare kids for global future

[Francis M. Hult]

Channel News Asia

MOE strengthens language education to prepare kids for global future

SINGAPORE: Language education in schools will be strengthened to help young 
Singaporeans prepare for a global future. 

At the same time, to root them to the country, National Education will also be 
refined. 

Every week, Primary 3, 4 and 5 students at Seng Kang Primary attend either 
conversational Malay or Chinese lessons. 

Lim Lan Chin, Principal of Seng Kang Primary School, said: "We actually hope to 
have more interactions of the various ethnic groups through conversational 
languages." 

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