By Amelia Tan

PARENTS believe it is not critical for primary school teachers to be graduates, although a review of primary school education has called for the profession to work towards having an all-graduate recruitment policy by 2015.

Passion and aptitude for teaching should be paramount in someone wanting to be a teacher; having a degree is less important, they said.

This viewpoint came through in two focus group discussions held, one for members of the public including parents, and the second, exclusively for parents.

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