Ensuring Adequate Resources and Skills to Identify and Teach High-ability Learners Following Gifted Education Programme Revamp

80 Ms Mariam Jaafar asked the Minister for Education (a) whether the Ministry can provide details on how the revamped Gifted Education Programme (GEP) will be implemented; and (b) how will the Ministry ensure that schools and teachers are adequately equipped and resourced to identify high-ability learners and that the needs of these students and teachers are supported.

Mr Chan Chun Sing: The Ministry of Education will provide an oral answer to this Parliamentary Question (PQ), together with other PQs which have been filed on this topic, at the next available opportunity. [Please refer to "Outcomes from Gifted Education Programme, and Rationale and Plans for Programme Revamp ", Official Report, 10 September 2024, Vol 95, Issue 141, Oral Answers to Questions section.]