A Life in Singapore Education

Being and Becoming S. Gopinathan

By: S. Gopinathan

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Hardcover | 13 May 2026 | Edition Number 1

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This book is a history of Singaporeâs world-class education system told through the lens of the life and times of S. Gopinathan.

Singapore education is internationally known as a high quality, high achieving education system. This is often attributed to stringent teacher selection and rigorous preparation through its single teacher preparation institute, the National Institute of Education as part of Nanyang Technological University. In this autobiographical account, Gopinathan shares his contributions and experiences as a teacher educator, over six decades in Singapore and internationally. This includes his time spent learning from other systems and launching research-driven teacher education programmes at the National Institute of Education. This fascinating historical volume gives unique insights into the life and work of S. Gopinathan in the context of the rise of one of the worldâs strongest education systems.

This book is a must read for any education historian and any academic of comparative education interested in understanding the success of Singapore's approach to education.

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