Singapore is a country that attaches great importance to education. I have always been serious in running schools and have made outstanding academic achievements. Spending as much as 3-4% of the gross national product every year to develop education, the education system and facilities can be comparable to those of developed countries in the world. The educational goal of Singapore is to provide a balanced education for students from China and overseas, and to cultivate good citizens by cultivating a sense of responsibility for family, society and country. Singaporeans must receive at least ten years of formal education, including six years of primary education and four to five years of secondary education. After that, you can enter junior college or university preparatory classes (two years) and government professional schools (such as teachers' colleges and medical schools). , the academic system is three years), or directly enter the Polytechnic for three years. Those who want to receive full-time technical education directly can enroll in the technical education college. After graduating from junior college or polytechnic, students can be admitted to the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, the highest institutions in Singapore, or transferred to other countries for further study. All government or government-funded schools must teach in accordance with the syllabus and teaching methods formulated by the Ministry of Education of Singapore.

Degree programs in Singapore are divided into bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctoral degree. A bachelor's degree usually takes three years to study, and those who do well in the bachelor's degree stage can get an honorary degree for one more year. Honorary degrees are graded (such as first-class honorary degrees and second-class honorary degrees) and still belong to the first degree stage (bachelor's degree stage) education. It generally takes 1-2 years to study for a master's degree in Singapore. The duration of studying for a doctorate is usually 3-5 years.

Primary education:

Singapore's education law stipulates: "The purpose of primary education is to enable students to master a certain level of English, mathematics and mother tongue, and to carry out education according to each student's different abilities."

Primary education in Singapore can be divided into the following three stages.

1. Pre-school preparation stage

In Singapore, due to the multi-ethnic situation, Singapore takes English as the working language, and at the same time sees the necessity of bilingual education. Therefore, Singapore requires all students to learn two languages, namely, English as the working language and mother tongue for the exchange of culture and values. In schools, mathematics, science and most other subjects are taught in English, while mother tongue is mainly used to cultivate, transform and develop basic values.

2. Basic education stage

The basic stage includes grade one to grade four in primary school, and the school age is 6 years old. The basic stage focuses on basic literacy and computer skills, and the core courses are English, mother tongue and mathematics. Nearly 80% of the teaching time is spent on core courses to help students lay a good and solid foundation in bilingual ability and mathematics. In addition, students also study music, arts and crafts, health education, physical education and participate in extracurricular activities. Moral education is also implemented at this stage, with the aim of ensuring that students can clearly understand the core of Asian values and national identity.

With the continuous development of children's intelligence and gradual improvement of their grades, by the end of the third grade of primary school, Singapore schools will also make a preliminary assessment of students and make suggestions to parents on the educational channels that children may choose.

3. Orientation stage

The fifth and sixth grade of primary school is the orientation stage of primary school education, and students enter three language streams according to their respective abilities.

First language stream: English is the first language, and mother tongue (such as Chinese, Malay and Tamil) is also the first language;

Second language flow: English is the first language and mother tongue is the second language;

The third language stream: English is the first language, and the mother tongue is proficient in spoken English.

The orientation phase will also continue to emphasize basic Chinese and math skills, and will provide all students with the same English and math courses. In addition, some different courses will be offered, and some core and expanded topics will be discussed. Generally speaking, all students are expected to master the core topics, and the school will change and expand the related topics according to the students' abilities. In the orientation stage, students' abilities, interests and intelligence should be further examined in order to facilitate the final conversion in language grouping.

On the one hand, it is to provide first-class English and mother tongue level for those students with strong academic performance and excellent language ability (about 10% of the total number of students), while most other students (about 70%-75%) learn English as their first language and mother tongue as their second language respectively; On the other hand, the diversion and orientation of languages provide English as the first language for a few students with weak ability and students with poor mother tongue (about 15-20%), and their mother tongue can reach the level of proficient oral English, thus reducing the burden of students' studies and making it possible for them to concentrate on learning English and mathematics.

Secondary education:

In the secondary education stage, students enter three kinds of courses according to their respective abilities and interests, which last for four years and five years. Students with strong ability can enter four-year specialized courses and crash courses, and the rest can enter general education courses in grades four to five. In order to meet the needs of students with low academic performance, ordinary courses are divided into ordinary academic courses and ordinary craft courses for students to choose from.

1. Elective courses:

Elective courses provide students with academic ability and language ability, while learning advanced English and mother tongue education. Complete the secondary school curriculum within 4 years. In the fourth grade of middle school, students who have passed the general education, that is, GCE "O" level, can apply to enter junior colleges, senior middle schools and middle schools with university elective courses to study the courses of college preparatory classes.

2. Quick course:

Shortcut courses are designed for students with academic tendencies, who will learn English and their mother tongue in middle schools. Students who enter this course aim to pass the GCE "O" level test after four years of study. Unlike students who take special courses, students who take this course take English as their first language and their mother tongue as their second language. Students who pass the "O" level examination can enter the "A" level or enter the technical education college.

In the current education system, about 10% of students enter the special curriculum stream, and 50% students enter the fast curriculum stream. After they passed the GCE "O" level examination, they mainly entered junior colleges and began a two-year pre-university education. The Institute of Technology has also attracted a group of outstanding talents to join it.

3. General courses:

(1). General academic courses. The students in this course account for about 20%-25% of the total number of students, and the educational period is 4-5 years. After four years of study, I took the GCE "N" exam. Those who have the desire to continue studying and have the corresponding ability can pass the GCE "O" level examination after studying 1 year. Most students in this course will continue to receive vocational and technical education after completing their studies. Only a few students with strong academic performance and excellent results in GCE "O" level examination can enter junior college or polytechnic.

(2) General craft courses. The duration of the course is also four or five years. About 65,438+05%-20% students enter this course. These students who did not have the opportunity to receive secondary education under the original system will be able to enter new general craft courses, further strengthen their mastery of English and mathematics, and receive vocational training and training from the Vocational Industry Bureau. The students passed GCE "N" education at the end of the fourth school year. Those who have the ability can enter the fifth grade of middle school and participate in GCE "O" education.

As education experts have noticed that the value of vocational education in Singapore today is not high, students and parents will not give priority to it, and students' abilities are different, so everyone should choose the better educational channel. Therefore, in Singapore, general courses are not included in vocational education, but as a part of general education to ensure that students receive high-level vocational education and training.

Higher education:

1. Education system and evaluation

The university system in Singapore is short, but the burden is heavy. Students must study hard to get diplomas and degrees.

The basic academic system of a university is three years. According to the regulations, each undergraduate must take two-year majors in two departments, and each major must take four courses in one semester, including compulsory courses and elective courses, which means taking eight courses at the same time. Generally speaking, a subject attends lectures 1 hour every week, attends an hour of remedial classes every other week, and the rest of the time is used for a lot of independent reading, internship or writing papers. On the surface, it seems that there are not many 8-hour lectures per week, but there are many lectures in Singapore 1 hour, which is about 3 hours in American universities.

The examination system of the University of Singapore is a combination of various ways, with the year-end examination as the main one. However, in addition to the year-end exam, science and engineering and forensic medicine also have experiments, internships and papers. In all departments of the College of Liberal Arts, the year-end exam scores account for 8% of academic achievements, while the performance of participating in counseling and the scores of term papers account for the remaining 20%. Students in liberal arts colleges usually don't do homework that needs to be corrected by teachers, but students in each course have to write one or two term papers every year. The year-end exam is an important level, and the assessment time for each subject is 3 hours. Students from different disciplines get together for exams. There are hundreds of students in each examination room, and several teachers are invigilating. The atmosphere is very serious. If students fail in the average scores of four subjects in a major, they can retake the exam.

2. Degree

Singapore's degrees are divided into five grades, namely: general bachelor's degree, honorary bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degree and doctoral degree in special subjects.

According to the different requirements of each degree on the length of study and annual courses, Singapore's higher education can be divided into three stages:

(1) You can get a general bachelor's degree after completing the undergraduate course. The study period of humanities department is generally 3 years, other departments are 4 years, and medical college is generally more than 5 years. After getting an ordinary degree, you can get an honorary bachelor's degree after studying for another year.

(2) On the basis of undergraduate course, you can apply for a master's degree after completing the postgraduate course of 1-3 years. However, according to the regulations, in addition to completing the postgraduate courses, students must also hold an honorary bachelor's degree and hand in 1 thesis reaching the master's level before they can be awarded the master's degree. In addition, in the National University of Singapore, students who have obtained bachelor's degree can obtain master's degree in education after obtaining professional teacher qualification and teaching practice for quite a period of time.

(3) after obtaining a master's degree, engage in research work for 2-5 years. If you have made remarkable achievements, you can get a doctorate by submitting a paper of considerable level. Those who have obtained a doctorate for more than five years and can submit published works can obtain a doctorate in literature, law or science.

3. Introduction of National University of Singapore

At present, the National University of Singapore has 8 colleges and 50 departments. They are: School of Architectural Design, Academy of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Business Administration, School of Stomatology, School of Engineering, School of Law, School of Medicine and Academy of Sciences. In addition, it also includes four graduate schools: medicine, stomatology, management and engineering.

Apart from the first-level education courses, this famous university in Singapore has few regional and international research centers, including economic research centers and cancer research centers. Immunology Research and Training Center of the World Health Organization, Clinical Research Center of Human Reproduction of the International Health Organization and Enterovirus Research Center of the International Health Organization.

The National University of Singapore is the training center of important senior talents in Singapore, so it can get 25,000 yuan of government funds every year. So far, the total government investment of the school has reached S $5 billion. It is with the strong support of the government that the National University of Singapore has developed rapidly.

Now, the National University of Singapore can provide students with degree courses in arts and social sciences, architecture, housing construction and real estate management, business management, law, science, engineering, clinical medicine and stomatology.

In addition, several colleges are engaged in the research and teaching of advanced technology. The Institute of Systems Science provides advanced information technology, training and information technology research. The College of Molecular and Cell Studies is engaged in biotechnology research. 1990110 The Institute of Microelectronics, which was established in October, is engaged in the research of advanced microelectronics engineering technology and provides the best service for the development of microelectronics.

The National University of Singapore has been keeping pace with world-class high-level research and striving for continuous success in the high-tech field. These fields include: medical care and biotechnology, information technology applications, artificial intelligence and expert systems; Laser electronics and automation technology, polymers, geotectonics, environmental and land development research, building technology, plant and animal tissue culture, biomolecular engineering.

Among the professional departments of the National University of Singapore, arts and social sciences have the largest number of students, accounting for 27.4% of the total number of students. Followed by science, accounting for 26. 5%; The third is engineering, accounting for15.5%; The fourth is business management, accounting for 12.5%.

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It is difficult to compare the education of two countries, which can be summed up as the purpose of education and the goal to be achieved. On this issue, national goals and personal goals are sometimes inconsistent.

The national goal is to enable the citizens of this country to get basic education, to enable the educated to acquire more skills and skills to survive in society, and to include educational methods only suitable for this country in order to safeguard the sovereignty and rule of this country. The personal goal is to let the educated acquire more skills, which is closely related to future job hunting and salary! Of course, educated parents should also consider whether there will be opportunities for reunion in the future, whether their children can be economically independent, and the burden of supporting their parents.

China's education is basically a model with independent characteristics in the world, and it can also be said to be the representative of the oriental education model; The United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia are typical western education. Singapore is a combination of oriental education and western education (oriental education is more colorful); And education in Europe is also very distinctive.

This paper focuses on comparing the educational models of China and Singapore, and the development opportunities of the educated under this educational system. Generally speaking, Singapore's education system is an "elite model" education system, that is, selecting elites to the maximum extent, allocating national high-quality educational resources to these elites, and letting these elites get the best education. The Singapore government provides superior treatment to these elites and attracts them to work for the government. Such as housing, car purchase and permanent resident treatment, the most important thing is salary: ordinary civil servants are generally S $3,000-4,000 (about15,000-20,000 RMB/month), and the salary of primary and secondary school principals is S $8,000-10,000, which is equivalent to the annual salary of senior civil servants at the level of mayor and governor in China.

For non-elite groups (the vast majority), Singapore implements practical education, focusing on cultivating their general education rather than scientific research. The state believes that establishing quasi-elite groups and non-elite groups at the earliest stage is conducive to optimizing educational resources and making individual education practical!

Singapore's primary school is a six-year education, but the national shunt examination is conducted after four years of primary school. The fifth year is divided into EM 1 (high), EM2 (medium) and EM3 (low) according to the examination results, and those with particularly poor grades may enter ITE (government technical school). In fact, the government believes that those who enter EM 1 class are basically elite groups at this stage. When they graduate from primary school, there will also be a national unified exam. According to the test results, it is divided into four-year fast classes and five-year ordinary classes. Children who cannot enter public secondary schools can enter ITE. Five-year ordinary classes in middle schools are divided into ordinary academic classes and ordinary craft classes. Students in academic classes and craft classes may have the opportunity to enter the express class and graduate from middle school four years later if they get good grades at the end of the second day of junior high school. Moreover, fast students may be assigned to ordinary academic classes because of poor grades, and they will graduate from middle school in five years.

In this way, the non-elite groups who have completed the first stage of classification will enter the five-year education of technology, and the education they receive is basically the skills education for independent survival in society in the future.

4-year and 5-year high school graduates take the O-level exam in Commonwealth countries: 7 subjects, and 5 subjects are required: Chinese, mathematics and English. When the students in the five-year ordinary class graduate from the fourth grade, they will take the N grade first and the O grade one year later. According to the results of the O-level exam, you can decide whether you can apply for polytechnic or junior college in Singapore (2-year college preparatory course, also called senior middle school in Singapore). Those who enter polytechnic and pre-university are basically future quasi-elites. Those who do not enter are directly employed in Singapore or studying in government technical colleges (equivalent to domestic technical schools).

After three years' graduation from polytechnic, outstanding students can continue to study in the university for two years or more to obtain a bachelor's degree according to many factors such as personal situation and major. College graduates will take the A-level exam two years later. Those who pass the exam will enter universities in Singapore for three years or more (medicine, law, etc.). Those who fail can apply to study in the second year of polytechnic.

In the end, all the people who go to college are elites recognized by the Singapore government, and in this process, everyone is given many opportunities to show whether they are elites or not.

Of course, after graduating from college, the state provides this elite group with various high-paying opportunities, and it also needs to take various prescribed examinations to finally evaluate whether it is an elite in actual positions. The country also has many mechanisms to eliminate unsuitable personnel at any time and re-elect elites.

This educational model in Singapore is based on the specific practice of Singapore, a small country and extremely scarce natural resources. This educational model may not be suitable for the educated in China.

China is a unified education model, with 6 years of primary school, 3 years of junior high school and 3 years of senior high school. In the nine years from primary school to junior high school, the principle of general education is implemented, and the future elite groups and non-elite groups are indistinguishable.

Distinguishing elite groups in China began with the college entrance examination, which is basically an opportunity to establish non-elite groups (not admitted to universities). Due to the expansion of China University, many people enter the university to study. However, many people still can't find a job or a suitable job after graduation, because they choose a major they don't like or the employment situation has changed. The following is a brief comparison of educational characteristics between China and Singapore:

1 education system

Both China and Singapore have six-year primary education, with little difference. Singapore's elementary schools are half-day, with less homework, less pressure than children in China, and children's personality education is respected. Besides learning knowledge, I also receive some practical education, moral education and public knowledge education, with special emphasis on bilingual education (English and Chinese). China pays more attention to mathematics and physics education in middle schools. There is no political education in Singapore. In primary and secondary schools, the frequency of examinations in Singapore is similar to that in China, and in this respect, it is similar in China and Singapore. But children have more opportunities.

There are more opportunities to choose a major at the university level in Singapore than in China. China and Singapore still lag behind countries in North America and Australia in this respect. These countries are extremely rich in educational resources and can enter universities without examination. Students can choose their major according to their hobbies, and it is ok to study in several majors and several universities at the same time. However, children in China and Singapore should be more cautious when applying for universities, because majors and universities are basically unchangeable (it is relatively easy for some schools and universities in Singapore to change similar majors). In other words, children don't like this major, or know that the future employment prospects of this major are not optimistic, and they must finish this major! This is the biggest drawback of education in China, which can actually be overcome under the existing education system in China.

2 docking with overseas education

Since North American countries and Australian countries enroll students free of charge, for foreign students whose mother tongue is not English, only English scores are required as the assessment criteria, so there is no problem in the connection between the education systems of Singapore and the West (in Singapore, English is actually the mother tongue and Chinese is the second language), and since almost all countries in Singapore have visa-free passports, it is not a problem for Singaporean children to study abroad (it is only an economic problem, and there is no visa problem). So in fact, children in Singapore are free to choose to go to Singapore or study abroad after graduating from high school. Children in Singapore have the right and advantage to choose the eastern education mode and the western education mode freely.

Therefore, from this perspective, Singapore's primary and secondary schools basically adopt the oriental education model, while university education provides two educational models, the East and the West. In fact, many universities in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Britain have cooperated with educational institutions in Singapore to set up universities in Singapore.

As a group regarded as non-elite by Singapore's education system, studying abroad is a family's own business, and parents pay for their children to study abroad. If they eventually become Singapore's elite, the government is very welcome.

China has a large population and a large number of international students, so there is no way to connect with western education freedom (visa issue), and because English is not the mother tongue, students studying in western countries still have language barriers. The biggest problem is that the average income of parents of overseas students in China is far from that of Singaporean families. These are all obstacles for students to accept the western education model. It can't be said that the western educational model is superior to the eastern one, but a person who accepts both educational models will certainly benefit.

3 China education system and Singapore education system docking

Obviously, it is much more difficult to link education in China with education in Singapore than directly with western countries. As long as China children strengthen their English learning, their overall level will never be lower than that of Singaporean children who have received a complete education. Because of Chinese and math education, China is better than Singapore. However, if you break through English, you can go directly to western countries to receive western education after graduating from high school in Singapore. Studying in Singapore, the Singapore government has given a greater degree of acceptance:

(1)/kloc-children under the age of 0/6 go to Singapore to study, and their mothers can accompany them and legally apply for jobs;

(2) The cost of attending government schools is low (S $ 80-90 for primary schools and S $0/30-140 for secondary schools);

(3) social security, high national moral standards and high international status;

(4) Chinese society, without racial discrimination;

(5) Bilingual education, the transition of children in China is easy, and there are no language barriers in life;

(6) The visa rate is high and the guarantee is low, which is suitable for children of various economic groups in China;

If domestic children are going to study abroad, it is a good choice to transfer from Singapore to other parts of the world. For example, a child who graduated from junior high school in China for three years is going to study in New Zealand. The cost is calculated as follows:

Direct access to New Zealand: English for half a year, and the tuition fee for three years of middle school is 3.5*50000= 175000 yuan;

I studied English in Singapore for half a year and graduated from Singapore middle school for two years. Tuition 15000 (private English school) +2*7500 RMB =30000 RMB.

Students who have graduated from junior high schools in China for three years can continue to complete their secondary education for two years in Singapore or three years in New Zealand, and they can directly enter polytechnics and pre-university courses. The cost difference is about RMB 1.45 million. If China's parents want to study abroad since childhood, Singapore is easier to transition than other western countries.

4 China's parents' misunderstanding

(1) Education attitude

In Singapore, parents prefer to let their children enjoy childhood happiness freely. Parents in China hope that their children can learn more things (these skills may not be helpful for future employment), and hope that their unfulfilled wishes can be realized in their children. I think only going to college is the only way out in life. Even some parents don't respect their children's choice when choosing a major in college.

(2) Famous schools

This is similar to that of parents in China and Singapore who want their children to attend prestigious schools. In fact, this is the biggest difference between the eastern education system and the western education system. Since universities in western countries are free to enter and transfer, children should pay more attention to whether universities are suitable for their children when they enter universities. In addition, unlike the eastern education system, you can work during the study period and take university courses after working for several years.

(3) English itself is a means of making a living.

The biggest gain from studying in Singapore is English ability, and the English scores of middle school graduates should be equivalent to those of China English University (Master's degree).

Five people experience

My own children go to primary school in Singapore and have been educated in Singapore since kindergarten. The hardware facilities of schools in Singapore far exceed those in China, and the government has invested heavily in schools. In my opinion, on the whole, the primary and secondary education modes in China and Singapore are similar. There is little difference between prestigious schools and non-prestigious schools in Singapore, and children's learning pressure is also less than that in China. Half-day classes in primary schools are shallower than textbooks of the same grade in China. The biggest problem for China children studying in Singapore is English. If China children are good at English, they are generally in an advantageous position in Singaporean schools. It is fairer for children to choose famous schools and classes, but also depends on their test scores! There is no corruption like red envelopes! My child's grades are not good, and it is the teacher's conscious behavior to make up lessons on Saturday, without any reward. Teachers are also very responsible, and communicate with parents in time the problems existing in children's reading. It takes two days for a child to transfer between two schools, and the school and teachers also respect the child's personality. In terms of knowledge, China's education is superior, and children learn more knowledge. The price paid is that children spend almost all their time on study and homework, and many homework is repetitive. Because of this difference, China children who have studied in Singapore for more than a few years can hardly go back to school in China.

Singapore is an English-speaking country with a short history and economy. Culture, history and art are far less than those in China, and they also have an impact on children. Children who graduated from Singapore are not as good as those in China in macro-control, but if children in China study in China schools and only take exams, their social adaptability is not better than that of children in Singapore. China has a long history of culture and art. If parents (schools) don't pay attention to it, it will be difficult for children to notice it in primary school, which may be very important for their future development. Without these, we will lose the charm of education in China.

For children's education, we should not only choose which education system to accept according to the education system, but also guide children according to the educational characteristics of each country and the actual situation of children, and supplement some knowledge that children lack under this education system!

Generally speaking, children educated by oriental culture have deep knowledge and strong logical ability. Children under the western education system have strong hands-on ability, wide knowledge and strong judgment. There is no single standard to measure which education system is superior. However, it will be more beneficial for children's future development if they have the opportunity to take turns to accept the two educational systems.