After reading our summary of the National Day Rally 2019, you’re probably here because you’re concerned about the announcements made with regard to pre-school and tertiary education.

Well, considering that we place so much importance on the only asset which Singapore has: people.

It’s good to hear that PM Lee highlighted the importance of education as well as the need to ensure that our education system is as accessible as possible.

Most importantly, the government has recognised that preschools now serve as the new starting point for education since a child’s formative years are highly critical.

From doubling full-day pre-school capacity to almost 180,000 places (since 2012), to establishing the National Institute of Early Childhood Development (NIEC) to train preschool teachers so that they receive better education and career progression.

Much has been done to improve the state of our pre-school education system.

But what else was announced during this NDP Rally