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THE DEFCON 27 January 2015

Books become old school as OFS switches to an online curriculum.Online curriculum will replace conventional teaching in OFS by the end of 2015.

The management committee and the board of

directors of the Overseas Family School, an IB World School, have decided to introduce an online curriculum for students taking the IB course. The school claims that this online curriculum will comply with the International Baccalaureate regulations and standards.

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What the teachers think:

One of the teachers working at the school said: “Without us, the students will have much more difficulty in studying the topics because there will be no one that will explain it to them, so if they do not understand the curriculum, they will have to ask their friends, but it will always be better to ask us, since we are better fitted for this job”.

Singapore City | 29th January | 2015

THE DEFCON 27 January 2015

This school is trying to incorporate modern technology into areas where it is extremely unnecessary. Replacing the physical and mental environment that a school campus along with its faculty and facilities provide is impossible. Making students laze around at home and watching them read their class work off a digital LCD screen is not education! There is much more to education than that. For the all round mental development of a child, academics is not the only criteria.

This school is trying to incorporate modern technology into areas where it is extremely unnecessary. Replacing the physical and mental environment that a school campus along with its faculty and facilities provide is impossible. Making students laze around at home and watching them read their class work off a digital LCD screen is not education! There is much more to education than that. For the all round mental development of a child, academics is not the only criteria.

The Internet has already raised various problems since it's creation. About 60% of the youth are now diagnosed with near-sight blindness. The "Online World" has

already taken away the old face to face conversation with 90% people preferring social media over hanging out with friends in a recent survey by the KidsNOW magazine .

Children need to understand the value of discipline. They should have an idea of things like punctuality, patience, manners, a daily routine and much more! They need to learn how to co-exist with other people and learn

the art of teamwork because when

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What the experts think:

ICT expert Andy Dellen Samberg said on this sensitive issue, "The internet isn't reliable enough to be given prestigious job of shaping the future. OFS will face various problems in not only uploading the whole curriculum on digital database but also in implementing this new system for students. OFS would have to invest a lot of capital in uploading the curriculum online on their site and in providing security, which will increase the school fee by 50%."

THE DEFCON 27 January 2015

they face the real world they will not be all alone. They have to be prepared to work with other people around them. These children may not even learn how to write either pen because they are so accustomed to the easy way of typing up their work on a word processor.

No one seems to realise that some students will sometimes not use their time wisely and waste their time in other non-educational websites which will affect them academically.Going to school every morning, sitting in a classroom surrounded by children and learning new things, playing sports and other extra curricular . Online education will deprive students of all this since they will not socialize as much.

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