https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil en-us 2021-02-17 04:46:59 UTC 2025-10-29 19:42:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 202542l2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214539796 Research have shown that the amount of Singapore student having mental related issues such as depression and anxiety have been on the rise.
More teenagers from top schools are seeking help at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for school related stress.  The clinics saw an average of about 2,400 new cases every year from 2012 to 2017. 
This is because of the stress and competitiveness in the student bodies, because of the desire to do well in their studies to meet with personal or parental expectations.
One of such examples was the test conducted OECD to see the stress experienced by students. 66 per cent of students across all OECD countries said they were worried about poor grades at school, but among Singapore students, it was 86 per cent.  Thus, this reflects on the stress in Singapore's educational system.]]> 2021-02-18 09:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214539796 202542l2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214564249 Singapore has the second highest PISA rating amongst all the countries that has taken the test sitting at an average of 556.3 just behind China.
This is proof that Singapore has one of the most successful education system in the world, because Singapore's students is scoring high in the PISA test. ]]> 2021-02-18 09:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214564249 202542l2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214660608 Singapore households spent S$1.4 billion on tuition, based on the Household Expenditure Survey conducted by the Department of Statistics from October 2017 to September 2018. This shows the amount of tuition that Singapore students are receiving each year.
Youths often face long days at school, hours of homework, and are then pushed by parents to have private tuition, which is having an impact on mental wellbeing – a recent report found that overall the city’s pupils reported higher levels of anxiety than average.
This shows the connection between competitive environment in school and the tuition culture in Singapore.

]]> 2021-02-18 10:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214660608 202542l2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214683168 The bell curve system is one of the leading contributors to competition amongst students. 
The bell curve system demands that you are not only doing good, you are doing comparatively better than your peers. This is why there is so much competition between the students. You have to do a better job than your peers and parents usually turn to tuition to get their children an edge over others whose parents are unwilling or unable to give them tution.

]]> 2021-02-18 10:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1214683168 202406y2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218692051 CCA can train our skills base on our personal interests as we get to choose the options we want. Since CCA's are not examed, it will have a more relaxed pace and we get to enjoy ourselves while training in what we like, and might be able to help the country in the future. Every so often, there will be competitions we have to participate in, for example SYF, and they usually require everyone in the CCA to perform well, therefore nourishing teamwork, an important trait for a good leader. ]]> 2021-02-19 13:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218692051 202406y2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218692407 Through Values In Actions, we will be able to learn what is servant leadership and why we should give back to the community, and will motivate us to help the needy in the community so that they can have a better life. Furthermore, VIA is usually not a one person project, so by participating in VIA, we will work in teams and can train our teamworking skills. Therefore, by participating in VIA, we can kill two birds with one stone as we can learn some of the required traits to be a good leader (teamwork and caring), and also help the community.]]> 2021-02-19 13:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218692407 202406y2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218694297 As a councillor will be required to plan out different events for the school, they have to always ensure that they do their best in their part in order for the events to run smoothly. Therefore, they will become more responsible of their actions and can work in teams better. This will allow them to improve in the student development as they can be diligent in what they are doing and others can benefit from it.]]> 2021-02-19 13:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218694297 202406y2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218695479 Being a school councilior, a key thing to do is servant leadership. Since servant leadership is giving back to the community by helping them, the school counciliors would learn to help those who are in need and help his classmates. When their classmates got helped, they might also 'Pay it forward' and help others. Therefore, no one would be left behind, even in terms of development.]]> 2021-02-19 13:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218695479 202406y2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218696645 Sometimes when we are in a bad mood and have a bad day, we will feel agitated very easily. As a result, we will get triggered at very small things. Being a councillor, we would need to deal with problems very often, and would therefore get trained to become more tolerant. As a result, students can develop quicker and help in the student development.]]> 2021-02-19 13:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1218696645 202542l2 https://padlet.com/202544j1/f8bvn15krp23clil/wish/1225418557 Singapore government has a compulsory education system where children must be either home-schooled. If the parents could not meet the criteria declared by the MOE, the parents will be faced with serious fine and up to 12 months of imprisonment. This emphasize the importance of education in Singapore.

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