Education for an Industrial Economy
The shift towards technical education and the standardisation of the curriculum.
Key Questions
- 1Why did the government prioritize science and mathematics in schools?
- 2How did the merger of Nanyang University and the University of Singapore create NUS?
- 3What was the purpose of the 1979 Goh Keng Swee Report on education?
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