SM Lee to students: Beyond studies, grow as whole person and be robust

SM Lee to students: Beyond studies, grow as whole person and be robust

- Anjali Raguraman

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged students to focus on not just their studies, but also their allround growth, and become individuals who can uplift others and deal with challenges themselves.

"It's important to do well in classes, but we're trying to make you one whole person," SM Lee told students at an education merit awards ceremony in his constituency on May 19.

"(It's) not just knowing what is in the books I think after you graduate five or 10 years later, you may not remember everything - but also how to be a good person, to help your friends, help your neighbours, to deal with adversity, to cope with setbacks, to pick yourself up and say, 'I will be OK, let us carry on"" SM Lee was speaking at the Teck Ghee Citizens Consultative Committee Community Development Council education merit awards presentation ceremony held at Ang Mo Kio Primary School. Awards and book vouchers were given out to 360 primary, secondary and pre-university students who are residents in his ward.