Dr Koh Poh Koon, the losing PAP candidate in the Punggol-East By election, has voiced his opinion on the aircon in classrooms issue saying that the MOE ruling is "illogical".
MOE recently called for top schools with air-conditioned classrooms to install fans and reduce the use of air conditioners so that schools can save energy costs and operate more sustainably.
However, Dr Koh took issue with the new measures saying that MOE was going about it all wrong.
"Instead of making it comfortable for all students, we have decided to make it equally uncomfortable for everyone" he said in a facebook status.
He warned that such a method for creating equality between schools was not beneficial to anyone and instead, MOE should focus on improving the quality of less well of schools to promote equality.
He compared the situation to hospital wards saying that reducing the use of aircon in top schools is like "removing air-conditioning in A-class wards to keep the C-class patients less envious. The right thing to do would be to improve the quality of C class, not make A class more uncomfortable."
He said that equality should not be achieved by pulling the top down.
He finished his facebook post saying that the MOE should better explain its intentions when it announces policy changes.