Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said that the practice of withholding the PSLE results if school fees are not paid "should be reviewed" on 18 Dec 2019.
This came after numerous petitions from citizens, asking them to review this practice. However, MOE claimed that this has been a longstanding practice. Pinky's wife Ho Jinx, also chimed in on the issue, urging schools to allow students to volunteer at the schools for an "allowance" (which by the way, just sounds like child labor in nicer terms). Since then, they have remained silent until Ong Ye Kung spoke on this issue again.
The education minister claims that he will be speaking up on this issue in the coming parliament meeting. Skeptics are saying that they are only taking action because PM Lee's wife said something. Some says that they are trying to make citizens happy before elections. But ultimately, who knows? Seems like our lives are for them to toy with.
