ST Forum - May 30, 2012
I AGREE with the editorial ('Value and values of school
volunteers'; last Friday).
The present system, as practised in many schools, has three
disadvantages:
The Ministry of Education should review the parent volunteer
scheme.
It is laudable that parents should volunteer to help schools,
but this should not be linked to school admission for their
children.
In many social organisations, we have altruistic volunteers who
are appreciated in other ways. This should be no different.
Our schools should be the means to help facilitate social
mobility, and not entrench those who are already ahead. Requiring
parents to help in IT-related projects, among other similar
initiatives, can only favour a special segment of our society. That
is not right.
Dr Lee Hin Peng