新加坡发展幼儿教育还有很长的路要走

A Long Road Ahead for Singapore’s Early Childhood Education

2012年6月27日，一早醒来，新加坡人接到了一个无法容忍的消息：在一个对世界45个国家所提供的学前教育调查中，新加坡排名第29。
新加坡在报告中还被专家“惊讶地”研证“国家提供学前教育的能力与国富无关”，在提供学前教育方面“不给力”。新加坡与澳大利亚、加拿大、美国同被列进“富国也排名低劣”的榜单中，被点名批评。

Explosive News for Singapore
At the centre of this explosive news is the Lien Foundation, a Singapore-based philanthropic organisation. In 2011 it commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to conduct a survey of early education — for children aged three to six — in 45 countries. They comprised 29 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and 16 major emerging markets — Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Taiwan, Russia, Argentina, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, Brazil, Ghana, Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Indonesia and India.