Education- Elitism

Elitism is the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the elite — a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities, intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are those whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously or carry the most weight; whose views and/or actions are most likely to be constructive to society as a whole; or whose extraordinary skills, abilities or wisdom render them especially fit to govern [1]. Alternatively, the term elitism may be used to describe a situation in which power is concentrated in the hands of the elite.
Elitism in the context of education is the practice of concentrating attention on or allocating funding to the students who rank highest in a particular field of endeavour, with the other students being deemed less capable of achievement or as holding less promise for the society's future. For example, a politician who promotes specialized biochemistry classes for highly intelligent students in an effort to cure diseases might be accused of elitism.
I feel that formal education in Singapore does indeed breed elitism. Our education is based on meritocracy and thus, the best can climb the highest isn’t it? This is also why school rankings and cut-off points exists. Entry points and the ranking of schools are the reasons why elitism exists. Students from top-notch school feel a sense of superiority over students from other schools that are ranked lower. This will fester into despise and disregard and ultimately, disrespect. Elitists will think that what they do is always right and always the best as compared to those whom they presumed are weaker than them. This sort of education can indeed bring out the best of a student academically, but it will also result in developing a student with straight As but with zero humility and no EQ. So how do we measure the success of an education system? It is definitely not merely just academic results right? So yup, we have seen MOE abolished the Primary School streaming and this just shows that our government is realizing the problems of our education.