The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great disruption in schooling around the world. This has triggered me to reflect on educational change in Singapore and some related issues the pandemic has raised. Using “Timely Change, Timeless Constants” as an organizing framework, this paper examines the educational changes that are happening in Singapore and amidst such changes, the timeless constants that should be affirmed. In particular, the move towards a blended learning approach needs to help students develop the capacity for independent learning, not just replicate classroom teaching in the virtual medium. Also, despite needing to adapt very quickly to the pandemic, Singapore should continue to build its education system in a balanced and steady manner, reaffirming the important roles that school leaders, teachers and schools play in the society. Some of these points are applicable to other parts of the world.

COVID-19大流行在全球范围内造成了严重的教育中断。这促使我对新加坡的教育变革以及大流行引发的一些相关问题进行了反思。本文以“及时变化，永恒不变”为组织框架，考察了新加坡正在发生的教育变化，在这些变化之中，应当确定永恒不变的常量。特别是，向混合学习方法的转变需要帮助学生发展独立学习的能力，而不仅仅是在虚拟介质中复制课堂教学。同样，尽管需要迅速适应大流行，新加坡仍应继续以平衡，稳定的方式建立其教育体系，重申学校领导，教师和学校在社会中发挥的重要作用。