The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) continued to make the education system here an election issue. SDP's Teo Soh Lung, who is contesting the Yuhua single ward, brought up the issue of class size again at the Bukit Panjang SMC rally.
She said PAP candidate Grace Fu's insistence that it is less than 40 is not the case.
In response to the SDP criticism, Senior Minister of State (Education) Grace Fu had said the teacher to pupil ratio is "actually below 20". She explained that while there are still 40 per class, the ratio goes below 20 in certain programmes that the pupils are pulled into for smaller group interaction.
The SDP has interpreted this as the class size is still 40 and that the class size of 20 is for gifted children. Ms Teo asked why there was discrimination against normal children.
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