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60 | EDUCATION<br />

<br />

I Believe I Can Fly<br />

The Story of Xinmin Secondary<br />

William Koh<br />

ISBN 9780071230063 • MHID 0071230068 • 2003 • Softcover • 144pp<br />

This book studies in depth a school’s turnaround over a ten-year period.<br />

Two principals played crucial roles in transforming Xinmin Secondary<br />

School from a ‘last choice’ institution suffering from falling enrolment into<br />

a school that won the Top Value Added Award for nine consecutive years,<br />

from 1994 to 2002, for consistently adding value to its students’ academic<br />

performance.<br />

To Empower, Be Empowered<br />

Yeap Lay Leng, Myint Swe Khine, Lim Lee Hean and Low Guat Tin<br />

ISBN 9780071246491 • MHID 0071246495 • 2005 • Softcover • 264pp<br />

‘To empower, be empowered’ is a process that enables individuals to take<br />

on greater responsibility and authority in decision making. The individuals’<br />

potential to make decisions can be maximized within an environment that<br />

nurtures them through education, training, professional development,<br />

<strong>com</strong>mitment, facilitation, resources, mutual trust and emotional support.

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