I REFER to last Tuesday's article, 'MOE promotes over 7,500, including its director-general', and note Education Minister Ng Eng Hen's main priorities. I would like to comment on the education system and hope to improve it and reduce possible brain drain by giving my daughter's experience in education.

My daughter, Miss Hazel Tan, resigned from the education service (Innova Junior College) in January after more than 10 years. She had applied for no-pay leave to pursue further studies. This was allowed but no replacement would be sent to fill her position as head of department (maths). However, if she resigned, there would be a replacement.

As she is devoted to education, she could not accept no-pay leave at the expense of her students who would be short of one maths teacher. Hence she resigned and went to Melbourne to pursue a PhD in education on a scholarship fully funded by Monash University.