A few anecdotes have surfaced about Singapore's home-based learning (HBL) curriculum.

While some may complain that the HBL setting bears little to no resemblance to a physical classroom, students at River Valley High have kept to a daily school routine — pledge-taking.

Every morning, before HBL starts, the students don their school t-shirts before reciting the pledge as a class.

The process is led by a classmate, and takes place over a video conferencing tool.

It is then followed by temperature-taking.

This was revealed by minister for education Ong Ye Kung in a Facebook post on Apr. 16.

Ong explained that the school wanted students to continue these practices during HBL, as part of their social and learning experience.

While it may seem unnecessary to some, Ong continued, the routine instils a sense of discipline in the students, and marks the start of their school day despite being at home.

You can read his post in full here.

Top image via Ong Ye Kung's Facebook page