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However, it has since came to light that MOE is not the only education administrators who withhold certificates or results slips, just because a student faced real issues in paying their school fees. WP politician Yee Jenn Jong has also revealed that he handled a similar case a few years back, when he was helping out at an MPS in Aljunied. He stated that he was approached by a distressed student who feared that she would not be able to apply for third year courses since her school withheld the original results slip due to outstanding fees.

In a sign of times, parents have got in the act, complaining that the PSLE question in a mathematics paper was tricky and disturbing. One online forum writer even claimed that he had written to a school principal to give "feedback to the Ministry of Education (MOE)" Mr Bhajan Singh, a 70-year-old ex-principal previously involved in the setting of examination papers, said parents should have faith in Singapore's education system instead of throwing a "tantrum".

A netizen came up with 4 solutions for SMRT to facilitate students who are late for exams due to train delays. She suggested linking up with taxi companies, having buses for students only and even preparing a room in the station for them to take their exams!

SEAB said that it has been working with schools to advise candidates to plan for sufficient travel time, and the steps that they should take if affected by train service disruptions. Candidates would be given the full duration of time for the paper, no matter what time they start, it said. But what all this failed to address, and the authorities need to take note of this, is that students in Singapore are already a very stressed bunch. What with a major exam and getting stuck on trains, will just add on to the stress of these students. And there were no proper apologies from the guilty party. If there are many bad results from yesterday's exams, we know who to blame.

Commuters were affected by train delays between Tampines and Pasir Ris stations this morning. This comes on the 1st day of PSLE and the MOE assured students they will be given full paper duration. Thank you SMRT for surprising us again!

Our reader who takes the train everyday has complained about the massive train delay that crippled the NSL and DTL this morning. She claims SMRT reported shorter waiting time when passengers actually took more than 1 hr to reach their destinations. How will SMRT and SBS be accountable?

For those of you who feel that PSLE determines our children's happiness, I understand your concerns. Many parents have different views on exams and assessment etc. May I suggest that we focus more on our own parenting efforts? I think we are on really shaky grounds if PSLE is the main determinant of our children having a happy childhood.

PSLE do not fix your future, however, if you believe a poor PSLE result cannot bring you to further achievement then your poor PSLE result fixes you. When you kids do not perform well there are many reasons. One of the reasons being as parents, if you are not an achiever, you do not know how to achieve but you know how to pressurise them.

This morning (4 October 2016) on the Downtown line, a platform door at Sixth Avenue MRT station broke off and as a result, the platform doors were unable to close causing hazard to commuters. The rail operator SBS suspended train service between Sixth Avenue station and King Albert Park station and provided free bus bridging service for commuters.

Just saw the PSLE news, almost 2/3 of the kids are eligible to go express class. So how about the 1/3? To me, a ticket to express class doesn't mean that there is a short cut to success. It just meant that the 1/3 will just have to work harder to reach the same goal.