Kunjani imfundo eSingapore
Context:Imfundo eSingapore iphethwe uMnyango Wezemfundo (MOE). Ilawula ukuthuthukiswa nokuphathwa kwezikole zikahulumeni ezithola imali yabakhokhi bentela, kodwa futhi inendima yokweluleka nokuqondisa maqondana nezikole ezizimele. Kuzo zombili izikole ezizimele nezikahulumeni, kunokuhlukahluka ngezinga lokuzimela ohlelweni lwazo lwezifundo, ububanzi bokusizwa kwabakhokhi bentela kanye nokuxhaswa, umthwalo wemfundo kubafundi, kanye nenqubomgomo yokwamukelwa.
Imali esetshenziselwa imfundo ngokuvamile iba ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-20 esabelweni sikahulumeni sikazwelonke sonyaka, esixhasa ngemali imfundo kahulumeni kanye nemfundo yangasese esizwa uhulumeni yezakhamuzi zaseSingapore futhi isekela uhlelo lwe-Edusave. Abantu abangebona izakhamuzi zithwala izindleko eziphakeme ngokuphawulekayo zokufundisa izingane zabo ezikoleni zikahulumeni nasezikoleni ezixhaswa uhulumeni zaseSingapore. Ngo-2000, uMthetho Wemfundo Ephoqelekile wahlanganisa imfundo ephoqelekile yezingane ezineminyaka yobudala besikole samabanga aphansi (ngaphandle kwalabo abakhubazekile), futhi wakwenza kwaba yicala lobugebengu ukuba abazali behluleke ukubhalisa izingane zabo esikoleni futhi baqinisekise ukuba khona kwazo njalo. Ukuxegiselwa kuvunyelwe ezikoleni zasekhaya noma ezikhungweni zenkolo zesikhathi esigcwele, kodwa abazali kumelwe bafake isicelo sokukhululwa eMnyangweni Wezemfundo futhi bahlangabezane nenani elincane eliyisisekelo.  Ulimi oluyinhloko lokufundisa eSingapore isiNgisi, esabizwa ngokusemthethweni njengolimi lokuqala ohlelweni lwemfundo lwendawo ngo-1987. IsiNgisi yilona limi lokuqala oluthathwa yingxenye yezingane lapho zifika ebusheni obungaphambi kwesikole futhi siba ulimi oluyinhloko lokufundisa lapho zifika esikoleni samabanga aphansi. Nakuba isiMalay, isiMandarin nesiTamil nazo ziyizilimi ezisemthethweni, isiNgisi siwulimi lokufundisa cishe kuzo zonke izifundo ngaphandle kwezilimi ezisemthethweni zolimi lwendabuko kanye nezincwadi zalezo zilimi; lezi ngokuvamile azifundiswa ngesiNgisi, nakuba kunesibopho sokusetshenziswa kwesiNgisi ezigabeni zokuqala. Izikole ezithile, njengezikole zamabanga aphakeme ngaphansi koHlelo Lokusiza Olukhethekile (i-SAP), zikhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kolimi lwendabuko oluningi futhi ngezinye izikhathi zingafundisa izifundo ngesiShayina SesiMandarin.  Uhlelo lwezemfundo lwaseSingapore belulokhu lubalwa njengenye yezindawo eziphakeme kakhulu emhlabeni yi-OECD. Kukholakala ukuthi lokhu kuvela endleleni yokufundisa esetshenziswa eSingapore. Othisha bagxila ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi umfundi ngamunye ufunda kahle isimiso ngaphambi kokuba aqhubeke. Ngokwenza lokhu othisha eSingapore bafundisa uhlobo lokufundisa oluncane kakhulu kodwa olujulile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuye kwachazwa ngokuthi "okuhamba phambili emhlabeni" futhi ngo-2010 kwaba phakathi kwalabo abakhethwe ukunconywa nguNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo wase-UK uMichael Gove. Ngokwe-PISA, ucwaningo olunethonya emhlabeni wonke lwezinhlelo zemfundo, iSingapore inezinga eliphakeme kakhulu lemfundo yamazwe ngamazwe futhi iphakeme kakhulu emazingeni omhlaba. Ngo-2020, abafundi baseSingapore babeyingxenye yabafundi abathole amaphuzu aphelele ezivivinyweni ze-International Baccalaureate (IB) emhlabeni wonke.