DESIRED OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION AND HISTORY EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE 

The Desired Outcomes of Education serve to guide educators and policymakers in nurturing learners in their formal education years. 

The Desired Outcomes of Education are embodied by the following attributes:  

• a confident person who has a strong sense of right and wrong, is adaptable and resilient, knows himself, is discerning in judgement, thinks independently and critically, and communicates effectively;  

• a self-directed learner who takes responsibility for his own learning, who questions, reflects and perseveres in the pursuit of learning;  

• an active contributor who is able to work effectively in teams, exercises initiative, takes calculated risks, is innovative and strives for excellence;

•  and  a concerned citizen rooted in Singapore, has a strong civic consciousness, is informed, and takes an active role in bettering the lives of others around him.