Pre-reading questions:
- Do you think education is important?
- How can education change our future?
Singapore’s Ministry of Education will implement an aptitude-based program. This program focuses on students’ natural ability and talents. This is very different from the traditional system, which is academic-based. This program will be applied in the Institute of Technical Education, polytechnics, and universities in the country.
Vocabulary:
implement [verb] – to start using a plan or system
aptitude [noun] – a natural ability or skill
ability [noun] – skill to do something
academic [adjective] – relating to performance in courses of study; relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with practical skills
True or False:
- Singapore’s Ministry of Tourism will implement an aptitude-based program.
- An aptitude-based program doesn’t focus on natural ability and talents.
- The traditional educational system is not academic-based.
- The program will not be applied in the Institute of Technical Education.
- The program will be applied in universities in Singapore.