"Daily cleaning by students will be introduced in all schools - CNA 25 Feb 2016
SINGAPORE: Annual spring cleaning for the classroom or being rostered for weekly cleaning duty might be familiar to some, but now, the Ministry of Education (MOE) wants to make classroom cleaning a daily affair for students.
By the end of 2016, daily cleaning by students will be introduced in all schools, said Acting Minister for Education (Schools) Ng Chee Meng on Thursday (Feb 25).
According to MOE, all schools from primary schools to junior colleges have autonomy in the implementation of daily cleaning. This covers common areas such as classrooms and corridors, and excludes toilets.
This is being introduced with the aim of inculcating in students a sense of responsibility and good life habits.
MOE said that many schools have already incorporated five to 10 minutes of cleaning activities within their school hours each day. These schools include Xingnan Primary School, Park View Primary School, and New Town Secondary School.
The ministry said they looked at similar practices in other education systems - such as Taiwan and Japan - in the planning process."
FINALLY! Is this ground breaking? YES!!
1. I hope this is the START of many good initiatives to help our kids learn many habits;
2. at the same time, maybe the MoE will consider counselling the parents of the kids, especially those who have problems with this initiatives! In this way, the kids concerned will not be confused and traumatised! ;-);
3. will this change or transform the 'cry princes and princesses' of Singapore to diligent, responsible and hardworking kids? I am hopeful!! Cleaning on a daily basis for 5-10 mins is a small thing. Yet, it instills the sense that menial work is part of life and is a respectable task!
Being an idealist, I hope that this will trigger the parents to do away with their domestic helpers when their kids reach 12 years old and able to look after themselves. In this way, the family can have bonding time standing around the wash basin after dinner cleaning and washing! Wonderful! Instead of sitting and watching generally meaningless entreating programs!
Of course, this is conditional upon the fact that: Having an education is about learning and not just 'cramming and doing volumes of assessment papers'!
Happy cleaning in the schools!!
SINGAPORE: Annual spring cleaning for the classroom or being rostered for weekly cleaning duty might be familiar to some, but now, the Ministry of Education (MOE) wants to make classroom cleaning a daily affair for students.
By the end of 2016, daily cleaning by students will be introduced in all schools, said Acting Minister for Education (Schools) Ng Chee Meng on Thursday (Feb 25).
According to MOE, all schools from primary schools to junior colleges have autonomy in the implementation of daily cleaning. This covers common areas such as classrooms and corridors, and excludes toilets.
This is being introduced with the aim of inculcating in students a sense of responsibility and good life habits.
MOE said that many schools have already incorporated five to 10 minutes of cleaning activities within their school hours each day. These schools include Xingnan Primary School, Park View Primary School, and New Town Secondary School.
The ministry said they looked at similar practices in other education systems - such as Taiwan and Japan - in the planning process."
FINALLY! Is this ground breaking? YES!!
1. I hope this is the START of many good initiatives to help our kids learn many habits;
2. at the same time, maybe the MoE will consider counselling the parents of the kids, especially those who have problems with this initiatives! In this way, the kids concerned will not be confused and traumatised! ;-);
3. will this change or transform the 'cry princes and princesses' of Singapore to diligent, responsible and hardworking kids? I am hopeful!! Cleaning on a daily basis for 5-10 mins is a small thing. Yet, it instills the sense that menial work is part of life and is a respectable task!
Being an idealist, I hope that this will trigger the parents to do away with their domestic helpers when their kids reach 12 years old and able to look after themselves. In this way, the family can have bonding time standing around the wash basin after dinner cleaning and washing! Wonderful! Instead of sitting and watching generally meaningless entreating programs!
Of course, this is conditional upon the fact that: Having an education is about learning and not just 'cramming and doing volumes of assessment papers'!
Happy cleaning in the schools!!
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