Singapore: Mother Tongue weighting for PSLE to remain

[Francis Hult]

Channel News Asia

 

Mother Tongue weighting for PSLE to remain

 

The weighting of the Mother Tongue language will not be reduced at the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). Instead it will be taught in a new way to cater to differing abilities and to meet the dynamic needs of the student population. 

Right at the top of an hour-long interview, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong set the record straight on the weighting issue. 

But change is still ahead in a big way.

 

Full story:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1055797/1/.html

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