Singapore is one of the best countries that offers quality school education, although there are common problems such as teachers' workload.
Singapore Education Ministry has come up with drastic reforms in the system according to a news report.
As far as I have observed, there are many problems in School Systems in India, Cambodia etc. Every sensible Indian would know our classroom and school realities such as large sized classrooms, violence, undue workload on teachers etc.
When I was working in Cambodia, my line manager and Director General at the Inspectorate of Education, Ministry of Education, told me how the school principals used to encourage private tuitions due to poor salary of teachers and how the Education Ministry was trying to handle the issue.
I think that developing countries including our own country can implement similar strategies in our school systems.
My professional responsibilities in Cambodia included developing materials to improve school quality, gender mainstreaming in schools and different departments in Education Ministry etc. I was glad that I could guide their school principals to monitor and work to get the quality of their schools improved, by developing easy to use materials such as the one outlined here.
Following is photo that I took when my students were enjoying their game in a high school in which I served as Principal in 1997. It was in Bengaluru:
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