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My response to MOE to scrap banding of secondary schools

My response to MOE to scrap banding of secondary schools.  You may read about it here.
 
Personally I welcome the move to scrap the banding of secondary schools. I used to live beside a neighbourhood secondary school which accepted students with a specific range of PSLE aggregate score for their express stream. As I fell below the requirement, I had to go to a school that is further away (which teaches exactly the same syllabus).

Since I used to study in a secondary school which accepted students with a lower PSLE aggregate score in their express stream, while some other secondary schools with 'higher academic standing' would have placed me in their normal academic stream, what good does it do to a student who shares a similar experience as myself? Was it to help the school achieve certain awards? And why do secondary schools have to be in competition?
 
Pam
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