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Choosing a school is no child's play

I spent nine years in all girls' school, from primary to middle school. Spending nearly half of my educational life at an old institution known for strict rules and regulations that dictate everything from hairstyle to the colour of the ribbons to be used, I couldn't say I enjoy such limitation of freedom. But as it's time my kid started her Grade 1, I didn't think much before putting her in the very place I grew up in.

When it comes to choosing a school for your children, there's much more to just teaching excellence, or to be more precise, teaching quality isn't the only factor you take into account unless you're the kind of parents who put grades and academic excellence as the ultimate goal for your child's educational life.

Each school has different strength. Parents who are fed up with the competitiveness of university entrance exam and cram school trauma resolve to give their child alternative education whereas those preferring to put convenience as priority will be happy to just choose any decent school nearest to home so that they could cherish the precious family hours together. My family has recently been preoccupied over the chaotic society where a sense of morality and ethics are disrupted. Most of the youngsters are attending Islamic schools.

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Writer: Samila Wenin
Position: Muse Editor

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