While Singapore has devolved considerable authority to schools in recent years, it is still a centrally-driven
government system. In many countries, government bureaucracies are sclerotic and move about as fast as molasses.
But Singapore has inculcated an attitude and developed mechanisms for continuous improvement. In addition to
the ties to economic planning that drove the major shifts in educational goals between the three major phases, there
is a multitude of smaller changes and improvements being made, seemingly constantly.