” HUGE LOGISTIC EXERCISE”
When asked whether MOE has noticed the benefits of the policy’s first effects, Mr. Chan claimed that students are more interacted with by peers of all kinds. Kids today have greater freedom to choose topics at levels that are appropriate for them.
Nevertheless, he cautioned against excessive parental pressure to push kids towards G3 in every area. We don’t want the parents to keep telling the youngster that you must always seek for G3 irrespective of your hobbies and skills, he said.  ,
Subject-based joining requires considerable resources, with Mr Chan describing it as a “huge linear training” involving large customisation, as students attend unique classes according to their abilities.  ,
Secondary school students today also have to be more independent, as this concept mirrors that of secondary schooling, where there may be spaces in a child’s timetable.
This change also promotes self-directed understanding, giving students opportunities to engage in separate investigation, do their own initiatives or take a break, Mr Chan said.  ,
Mr. Chan acknowledged that he is” under no illusion” that society will eventually accept the value of various strengths, despite MOE’s indications of a positive mindset shift.
He urged Singaporeans to stop comparing their students to one another because they are also competing with other students around the world.  ,
Looking at Singapore’s scores for the Programme for International Student Assessment, 80 per cent of students are above the global average, said Mr Chan.  ,
” There is no reason at all for our students to feel down or out,” he said. But if we keep making our students compare themselves with one another… there’s always a winner or loser”.
The real benchmark, he said, is how Singapore students perform globally.
ELITISM AND THE ALUMNI SYSTEM
Additionally, Mr. Chan responded to inquiries about elitism in classrooms and whether the alumni system fosters such beliefs.
Elitism can exist in schools, he said, regardless of whether they have strong alumni networks. You have every right to tell them you are not elitist, even if you are in a so-called top school, but if you make a conscious effort to reach out and refute their claims.
Society will “never be fully equal”, but Singapore will strive to be more egalitarian, he said.  ,
As long as you are born in Singapore, you may not have equal chances of succeeding, and there may never be a situation where everyone has equal chances, but you will have the best chance.