I feel that school kills creativity because schools follows a syllabus set by the Ministry of Education (MOE), and every teacher is expected to teach according to the syllabus. Most of the time, teachers would have trouble finishing the syllabus and hence, do not have extra time to plan activities. It kills creativity as every student will just follow the education system and study according to it. Studying according to what MOE sets is killing creativity. Students study the same thing and there isn’t a chance for them to think out of the box. Students will just study what they are told to, killing their creativity.

In addition, especially for humanities subjects, students are expected to memorise facts and details in order to score for that subject for the Structured Essay Question (SEQ) segment. Memorising text to score for a subject is killing creativity as students just write what the textbook or notes say in the exam. It is not what they really think or feel when they argue for a stand and hence they cannot come up with original ideas, killing their creativity.

Most of the time, students are expected to produce what the teachers expect them to do. Students do not have the freedom to do what they wish to. For example: During project work, when students are expected to do a drama or a skit, they might have great ideas, but they might be not able to use it because teachers limit them to certain extent. Students might then lose confidence in themselves and hence might not think of better ideas in the future, killing their creativity.