SEL refers to a particular set of social emotional skills that when linked to IQ, make for success not just in schools, but in families, communities and workspaces too. Broadly perceived as resilience, it can be taught and make whole person’s education a reality.

SEL is the pivot for holistic development. Singapore with its only natural resource being human brainpower, now needs to embrace SEL so that not just our young but human segments across all levels of our society develop that quality of resilience, the ability to ‘move on’ and human understanding so essential to living well. Emotions Reveal Who We Are.