Download or read book Singapore's New Education System written by Teck Wong Soon and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1988 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a brief account of how social and economic changes have an impact on the Singapore education system, bearing in mind that education and national development are closely related. Besides providing a short history of education in Singapore, the book discusses how the New Education System(NES) was implemented, public response to streaming, and the impact of the NES on educational wastage and attainments.