Chong: Schools not advised to organise holidays abroad


SCHOOLS should not organise overseas holidays for their Year Six pupils at the end of the year to prevent those from poor families from feeling left out, reported China Press.

Deputy Education Minister Chong Sin Woon said it did not encourage pupils to have to choose between local and overseas trips.

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