To keep meritocracy sustainable and resilient in Singapore, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing on Tuesday (April 18) outlined a number of areas where the Government will focus on, including what it considers is the ultimate measure of success as a society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcTonS4cKU
A static and narrow metric for defining talent and ability will not help Singapore build a resilient society with diverse strengths to meet future challenges, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing on Tuesday. Instead, to do justice to the range of people’s gifts, the Republic must have a system of “continuous meritocracy”, where no single test or point in time determines the rest of one’s life.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/education-minister-chan-chun-sing-lays-out-potential-pitfalls-of-meritocracy-and-how-to-avoid-them
A day ago, Mr Wong, who is expected to be Singapore’s next Prime Minister has also shared his speech covering the five key shifts in Singapore’s new social compact.
A new approach to skills, a new definition of success, a new approach for social support, a new approach to caring for seniors and “a renewed commitment to one another”.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/new-social-compact-key-shifts-education-meritocracy-seniors-lawrence-wong-3422931
“More broadly, we also want to give Singaporeans who graduate from ITE and polytechnics stronger assurance: That their wages and career prospects will not be too far below their university-going peers, and will not be permanently conscribed to be below,” he said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/new-social-compact-key-shifts-education-meritocracy-seniors-lawrence-wong-3422931