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SINGAPORE: Education Minister Ong Ye Kung announced the momentous move to end streaming in secondary schools by 2024 in March. Schools are now encouraged to do away with the practice of grouping students into form classes by academic ability and instead experiment with innovative ways to group students. The idea is that this will encourage children from different backgrounds to interact with each other. In the long run, this would lead to better social mixing and greater societal cohesion – or so is thought. CHALLENGES WITH DOING AWAY WITH ABILITY-BASED CLASS GROUPING Doing away with ability-based grouping necessarily implies that each form class will comprise a more heterogeneous mix of students than before. A pertinent consideration is whether teachers are well prepared to teach such classes. READ: Streaming — the good, the bad and the ugly side of an outdated policy At Edgefield Secondary School, for instance, students attend classes in academic subjects such … [Read more...] about Commentary: The start of subject-based banding – is grouping classes by CCAs the best option?

SINGAPORE: Minister of Education Ong Ye Kung recently announced this week in Parliament that the current approach to streaming will be phased out . From 2024, students entering secondary school would no longer carry the labels of Normal Technical, Normal Academic or Express. Instead, they will move forward unencumbered by fears of being pigeonholed or labeled a failure, and be free to focus on learning at their own pace in each subject. The traditional stigma associated with these labels will be removed. Such broad-brush streaming – that assumes that a child who is low performing is unable to perform across all subjects – will be replaced by full subject-based banding, where students will take a combination of subjects at three different levels based on their PSLE scores: General 1, General 2 and General 3 (G1, G2, G3), with the latter being the highest level. When the new system kicks in, lower secondary school students will be allowed to take more subjects at a higher … [Read more...] about Commentary: Streaming out. Subject-based banding in. How are parents reacting?

Bavarian radio station Bayern 3 found its name trending worldwide after a radio host took a dislike to the latest release by K-pop boy band BTS . The group's army of loyal fans took to social media accuse the station's Matthias Matuschik of racism after he blasted the band's cover of Coldplay's "Fix You." What did the Bayern 3 host say about BTS? Matuschik compared the band to the COVID-19 virus, describing them as "some crappy virus that hopefully there will be a vaccine for soon as well." "These little a**holes brag about the fact they covered 'Fix You' from Coldplay, this is blasphemy," he said. "For this you will be vacationing in North Korea for the next 20 years!" Sensing his comments might cause upset, Matuschik said his comments were not aimed at South Korea. "You can't accuse me of xenophobia," he said. "I have a car from South Korea. I have the coolest car ever." Watch video 02:03 Share BTS: Military service looms Send Facebook … [Read more...] about BTS: K-pop boy band racism storm hits German radio station

Want to improve your strength and stamina but not a big fan of lifting weights? There’s a brilliant alternative that you don’t need to visit the gym to utilise: resistance band training. Using the best resistance bands, you can activate your muscles at home, fitting in a strength-boosting session easily before or after work. Resistance bands are a great way to work your muscles without putting strain on your joints. They can improve mobility, flexibility and strength, and you can easily store them in a drawer without taking up much space, making them a bit of a workout wonder product. They can be used to work almost every muscle in the body and are a brilliantly versatile piece, despite their understated looks. We’ve rounded up the best resistance bands below so you can easily keep up your fitness and flexibility routine at home. Resistance is definitely not futile… Best resistance bands 2021 1. Pro Fitness Resistance Bands Set Resistance bands can really help you … [Read more...] about Best resistance bands for 2021 to tighten and tone your muscles

Amazon India has kicked off its Great Republic Day Sale and is offering jaw-dropping deals on a wide range of products like smartphones, TVs, tablets, fitness tracker, smartwatches, and many more. Those who wish to buy fitness trackers can check out top deals and offers on OnePlus Band , Mi Smart Band, Mevofit wearables, Honor Band, and more that are available at up to 70% off. Listed below are a few fitness trackers that are available at discounted prices. Redmi Smart Band : Save Rs 1,100 and buy this sleek and smart band from Redmi at Rs 999 . The fitness band comes with a 1.08 inches full touch color display and is water resistant up to 50 meters. Hence, you can wear the same while bathing or swimming. Redmi Smart Band comes with various features such as heart rate monitoring, direct USB charging, 5 professional sports mode, 50+ watch faces, app notifications, and many more. Besides, you can download the Mi Wear App on your phone and connect your band with the phone to … [Read more...] about Amazon Republic Day Sale: Up to 70% off, no-cost EMI options, and more offers on fitness trackers