A tool that helps teachers to better evaluate children’s language skills, social perception and other abilities has been rolled out at 18 pre-schools run by the PAP Community Foundation (PCF). More than 500 children have benefited from the use of the tool, which was...
Over 500 children have benefited from this initiative, which was announced by DPM Lawrence Wong at PCF’s Family Day on Oct 22.A tool that helps teachers to better evaluate children’s language skills, social perception and other abilities has been rolled out at 18 pre-schools run by the PAP Community Foundation .
Speaking to around 300 families at the park’s Sky Amphitheatre, DPM Wong said the assessment will enable PCF teachers to better customise their classroom activities and raise teaching standards. The tool is part of PCF’s collaboration with SICS and NUS from July 2023 to June 2025 to ensure that children at its Sparkletots centres are ready for formal schooling.
In a separate initiative, the abilities of children in nursery and kindergarten levels will be checked against a list of developmental milestone standards commonly used by clinical psychologists and paediatricians, to ensure that their capabilities are matched to the curriculum they will be taught.
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