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Education in Singapure

Merit, effort, bilingualism, family pressure and segregation based on academic results are the keys to explaining the excellent results obtained by Singapore.

It is in the primary school, when beginning compulsory education, which is public, when children play their academic and professional future. During six school years, from 6 to 12 years, students learn English, the official language of the country, as well as their mother tongue (Tamil, Mandarin or Malay), mathematics, science, humanities and arts."Education in Singapore achieves excellence at the expense of the student," says José Daniel García, a teacher and researcher residing in the country. "Family and school pressure is so strong that children are barely able to develop socially," he says.