We will therefore invest heavily in education. By international standards, our education system is already very good. Our pupils score high in international achievement tests in science and mathematics. NUS and NTU graduates who continue their studies overseas regularly distinguish themselves. But we can do much better.
Teachers are a key link in our education system.
We have reformed the teaching service to make a teaching career more attractive. We are giving schools more resources and autonomy, to help teachers do their job better. We are building new and better schools to replace the older ones. We are investing heavily in a school Information Technology programme, to get teachers and pupils to learn about IT and use IT, a key competence for the future. Every child will have access to computers and the Internet, whether or not his parents can afford a computer at home.