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A |     近日，新加坡总理黄循财在国庆群众大会上宣布，政府将取消现行的小学高才教育计划（GEP），并计划自2027年起实施全新的教育模式。

B | 教育部长陈振声在解释这一新模式时指出，约10%的学生将受益于这一新政策，换算下来，每年约有3000多名小学生将在原校接受高才教育，而无需转校。这一人数约占全国每年3万多名小学生的10%。    MANCHESTER, England -- Bobby Charlton, an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a Manchester United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country's 1966 World Cup-winning team, has died. He was 86.A statement from Charlton's family, released by United, said he died Saturday surrounded by his family.An extravagantly gifted midfielder with a ferocious shot, Charlton was the leading scorer for both United (249 goals) and England (49 goals) for more than 40 years until being overtaken by Wayne Rooney.“Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester, or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world,” United said.“He was admired as much for his sportsmanship and integrity as he was for his outstanding qualities as a footballer; Sir Bobby will always be remembered as a giant of the game.”Alex Ferguson, who managed United from 1986-2013, said before Charlton's death that he “is the greatest Manchester United player of all time — and that’s saying something.”“Bobby Charlton is absolutely without peer in the history of the English game,” Ferguson said.Charlton was also renowned for his humility, discipline and sportsmanship. He was never sent off in 758 appearances for United from 1956-73 or 106 internationals for England from 1958-70.Charlton played with George Best and Denis Law in the so-called “Trinity” that led United to the 1968 European Cup after surviving the 1958 Munich crash that wiped out the celebrated “Busby Babes” team. He won three English league titles at United, and one FA Cup.“For a footballer, he offered an unparalleled combination of grace, power and precision,” said former United defender Bill Foulkes, another survivor of the Munich air crash.“It added up to a greatness and something more — something I can only call beauty.”Charlton’s England scoring record stood for 45 years until Rooney scored his 50th goal for the national team in September 2015. Three of his England goals came in the World Cup in 1966, during which Charlton played every minute for the team and stood out especially in the semifinals when he scored twice against Portugal to lead England to a first major final.England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time in the final.Although Ryan Giggs beat Charlton’s appearance record for United in 2008, his scoring record for the club lasted another nine years. It was only in 2017 — 44 years after Charlton last wore the famous red jersey of England’s most successful club — that Rooney scored his 250th goal for United.After retiring in 1973, Charlton went into coaching and founded a youth scheme that included David Beckham, a future United and England great, among its participants.After brief spells in charge of Preston, Wigan and Irish side Waterford, Charlton returned to United in 1984 as a director and persuaded the board in 1986 to appoint Ferguson, who delivered 38 trophies during nearly 27 years in charge.Knighted in 1994 by Queen Elizabeth II, Charlton remains a mainstay at Old Trafford, featuring alongside Best and Law on a statue outside United’s stadium.Charlton avoided the controversies and distractions that damaged the career of Best, with his style and demeanor bringing a popularity that transcended the tribalism of club and international football.“I felt he could be a bit aloof,” the late Best said in a 2001 magazine interview. “We were never at each other’s throats, we simply didn’t go and have a pint together.”Robert Charlton was born Oct. 11, 1937, in the coal-mining town of Ashington, northeast England, and his talent was obvious from a young age.“We realized Bobby was going to be a bit special as a player when he was about 5 years old,” said older brother Jack, who played for Leeds and won the World Cup alongside him. “He was always kicking a football or a tennis ball against a wall and when it bounced back it stuck to him like a magnet.”Charlton wrote in 2007 that his family sometimes relied on illegally caught salmon or rabbit to ward off hunger, while his father — also named Robert — gathered coal washed up on local beaches and sold it to bolster his income.His father’s commitment to his mining colleagues meant that in 1966 he missed Charlton scoring both goals against Portugal in that World Cup semifinal because he didn’t want someone else to have to cover for him in the pit. He was, however, persuaded to attend the final when the Charlton brothers lifted the trophy.Charlton’s playing career began far from home in Manchester after leaving school at 15, making his United debut three years later against Charlton in 1956.Within two years, tragedy struck the tight-knit group of United players whose relationship was forged as trainees in austere conditions. The team was still celebrating winning at Red Star Belgrade to secure a place in the European Cup semifinals when their plane caught fire on its third attempt to take off in heavy snow after a refueling stop in Germany.Charlton miraculously emerged from the smoldering wreckage with only light head injuries and picked his way through the wreckage to help survivors. Spotting manager Matt Busby groaning in agony on the smoke-shrouded runway, Charlton rushed to help the father-figure who had promoted him to the first team.But eight members of the “Busby Babes” team packed with bright prospects were among the 21 fatalities. They included Duncan Edwards, considered one of England’s most talented players at 21.“Sometimes it engulfs me with terrible anger and regret and sadness — and guilt that I walked away and found so much,” Charlton wrote in 2007.Charlton became driven by a lingering obligation to preserve the memories of the Munich dead, returning to action less than four weeks later and helping a hurriedly assembled team of survivors and stand-ins reach that season’s FA Cup final.Busby rebuilt his team around Charlton, adding the 1965 and 1967 English league titles to the championship they won in 1957.“There was always one great hope — the return to greatness of my beloved club,” Charlton said.The biggest prize of his club career arrived in 1968 as United became the first English club to become champion of Europe. Charlton scored twice in a 4-1 extra-time win over a Benfica team containing Portugal great Eusebio.But Charlton is perhaps best known for being part of the England team that won the World Cup. It remains England’s only major title in men's soccer.Charlton and his brother fell out over Jack’s public assertion that Bobby’s wife caused him to become estranged from his mother. But the pair reconciled and Jack presented Bobby with a lifetime achievement trophy at the 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.“We have had our public disputes, proving that in any family discord can sometimes disrupt the force of love and blood, but throughout that time I never lost the sense of wonder and gratitude that we were together in 1966 on such a great day in the history of our nation’s sport,” Bobby Charlton said.In November 2020, it was announced that Charlton had been diagnosed with dementia, the same disease that afflicted his brother — who died in 2020 at age 85 — and another World Cup winner, Nobby Stiles. “This man, from day one, was everything I wanted to be,” United striker Marcus Rashford wrote of Charlton after hearing about the diagnosis. “Kind, professional, caring, talented.”He is survived by his wife, Norma, whom he married in 1961, and his two daughters.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer。在新模式下，现行的GEP第二阶段测试将被取消，仅保留第一阶段的选拔测试。之后，教师将通过对学生各方面表现的观察，从小四到小六期间挑选出在特定领域表现突出的学生。这些被选中的学生将能够留在原校，继续接受针对其特长的高才教育。明年将是最后一届小三学生参加GEP选拔考试。自明年起，所有小学生将不再被分流，统一接受相同的基础教育。这一政策的宣布在社会各界，尤其是家长群体中，引发了广泛讨论。

C | 许多人对新加坡是否会彻底放弃精英教育模式表示质疑和担忧。针对这一政策变化，多位专家进行了深入解读和分析。专家们认为，这一转变可能预示着教育模式的多元化发展，未来的高才教育将更加注重学生的全面发展，而不仅仅是学术上的精英培养。随着新政策的实施，能力较强的学生将不再被转至GEP学校就读。

D | 这些学校将与其他所有小学一样，继续通过校内增益课程为能力较强的学生提供支持。

E | 此外，适合的学生还可以参加课后的增益课程，从而在课外时间获得额外的学习机会。教育部将充分利用九所高才教育课程学校的专业知识和经验，在新方法下培养这些能力较强的学生。

F | 具体的学校名单将稍后公布。教育部将根据地理位置等因素选择这些学校，以确保全国学生的需求都能得到满足。值得注意的是，提供这类课后增益课程的学校数量可能会超过目前提供GEP计划的小学数目。

G | 课后增益课程的设计初衷是补充常规课程，而不是替代它们。这些课程旨在进一步培养学生的优势领域和兴趣所在。由于学生在上课时间内需与同学们一起学习常规课程，因此增益课程将在放学后举行，以最大限度地利用课余时间为学生提供额外的学习机会。在新的评估体系中，没有明确的比重规定。

H | 教育部和学校将根据多方面的信息，全面评估学生是否适合参加校内或课后的增益课程。这种综合评估方法确保了每个学生都能获得最适合他们发展的机会。虽然增益课程的训练力度会稍微减少，但能力较强的学生仍然能够通过校内增益课程获得充分的学习激发，并在多方面得到发展。课后增益课程也具备一定难度，主要着重于培养学生的好奇心和创造力，与常规的学术课程有显著的不同。同时，学习项目的训练强度将在中学阶段逐步提高，届时学生将有更多机会深入钻研特定领域。