Yearly Archives: 2016

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GCE N-level results to be released on Dec 19 from 2pm

Results of the 2016 Singapore-Cambridge GCE N-Level examinations will be released on Dec 19, announced the Ministry of Education on Monday (Dec 12). School candidates may obtain their result slips from their respective schools from 2pm on Dec 19. Private candidates will be notified of their results by post. They can also obtain their results [...]

By | December 13th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

Singapore’s success in global education surveys shows that MOE is ‘moving in right direction’: PM Lee

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has praised the Ministry of Education (MOE) for "moving in the right direction" after Singapore students topped two recent global education surveys. In a Facebook post on Wednesday (Dec 7) evening, Mr Lee wrote: "These latest results show improvements over the previous round of the surveys. The Ministry of Education, [...]

By | December 8th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

EAStudy students register in JE Education College

Today, teachers from EAStudy bring students to JE Education College for registration. The School was established in 1986 with the name of JE Computer & Education Centre and registered with the Ministry of Education (Singapore) in 1987 to conduct Business, Accountancy, IT and Language courses. The diploma course of JE Education College became the preparatory [...]

By | December 5th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

Ready for the digital world

At Sembawang Secondary School, students are picking up media literacy skills through unexpected subjects. Imagine you’re an immigrant working in Singapore in the 1800s and you want to write a letter back home to your family. Or perhaps imagine you’re a member of the British colonial administration in the same era and your task is [...]

By | December 2nd, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

The smart choice – learning that links with students’ lives

Secondary 2 student Lim Yung Shan thought it was "pretty cool" when he saw how lights could be switched on and off with a mobile device. The 14-year-old was watching his teachers demonstrate, using a kit, what a smart home would be like, controlling mini-lights and drawing the curtains with remote access. "You don't have [...]

By | November 28th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

Record 98.4% of PSLE pupils can go on to secondary school

About 98.4 per cent of pupils who took this year's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) are able to progress on to a secondary school, slightly higher than the previous record 98.3 per cent set by last year's cohort. This is Singapore's best performance at the PSLE since the exam was introduced. From 1980 to 2014, [...]

By | November 25th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

Helping children choose life, not death

With youth suicides at a 15-year high in Singapore, it is time our society relooks its values and notions of success Stress on young children here is nothing new, but it recently came under the spotlight after a Primary 5 pupil killed himself in May. According to a coroner's inquiry in October, the boy had [...]

By | November 24th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

Choosing a secondary school after PSLE: Involve your kid in selection process

Look beyond factors like cut-off points or popularity when choosing a secondary school, say experts. With the release of the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results this Thursday, parents and Primary 6 pupils have seven days to mull over their options for secondary school before submitting their option forms by Wednesday next week. Parents can [...]

By | November 21st, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

PSLE results will be released on Nov 24

The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results will be released next Thursday (Nov 24), the Ministry of Education (MOE) said. Students can collect their results at their respective primary schools from 11am. Eligible students will also be given forms to select their choice of secondary schools. They can submit their secondary school choices through the [...]

By | November 17th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments

UniSIM closer to autonomous status

SIM University (UniSIM), currently a private university managed by the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), has taken a step closer to becoming Singapore's sixth autonomous university. At an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday night, its members voted in favour of a government proposal to bring the university under the ambit of the Ministry of Education [...]

By | November 12th, 2016|News & Events|0 Comments