Commentary: Shift to home-based learning welcomed but has its shortcomings

Commentary: Shift to home-based learning welcomed but has its shortcomings
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Commentary: Shift to home-based learning welcomed but has its shortcomings
Steps have been taken to ready students and teachers but HBL remains an imperfect tool in fulfilling the role of education, says NIE’s Jason Tan.
(Photo: AFP/HANNAH MCKAY)
19 May 2021 06:10AM)
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SINGAPORE: The news that all primary schools, secondary schools, junior colleges, Millennia Institute and special education schools will shift to full home-based learning (HBL) from May 19 to May 28, though distressing to many, is probably not unexpected.
Worrying signs had already emerged in the first two weeks of May, with the announcements of full home-based learning (HBL) in Edgefield Secondary School, Victoria Junior College and a few others after each of these schools reported that small numbers of their students had tested positive for COVID-19.

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