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This book gives a brief account of how social and economic changes have an impact on the Singapore education system, bearing in mind that education and national development are closely related. Besides providing a short history of education in Singapore, the book discusses how the New Education System(NES) was implemented, public response to streaming, and the impact of the NES on educational wastage and attainments

Front Cover; Politics and Education: Cases from Eleven Nations; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The Symbiotic Linking of Politics and Education; Meanings Assigned to Education and Politics; A Model of Politics-Education Interaction; Functions of Influence; Strategies for Exerting Influence; Conclusion; PART I: STRATEGIES FOR USING EDUCATION TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL ENDS; Chapter 2. WEST GERMANY: Educational Policy as Compensatory Legitimation; The Erosion of Legitimacy and the State's Response; Strategies of Compensatory Legitimation in West German Educational; Policy.

Publication in the context of the 1994 UN Year of Small Island States. It provides information on the role of environmental education as a tool for environmental conservation in small island states and case studies of successful environmental education programmes in island nations. Chapter on the role of the Commonwealth of Learning. (DÜI/CESO)