Whole-day Primary Schooling

43. A good learning environment and ample time for learning can facilitate effective teaching. In my 1997 Policy Address, I announced that we would expedite the implementation of whole-day primary schooling. At that time, only 21% of primary students attended whole-day schools while today the figure is 48%. Our target is to extend this to almost all primary students by the 2007-2008 school year.