While technology may have disrupted many industries including education, schools will remain the mainstay for learning, said Education Minister Ong Ye Kung. Technology can transform how education is delivered, but schools will remain relevant, he added. "There is a lot of transmission of values, students learning from each other, from tutors, lecturers, mentors, working in [...]
The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have risen in the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings released this morning. NUS climbed three places to the 24th position, closing the gap on the top Chinese institutions, whose Tsinghua University retained its 14th spot. Meanwhile, Nanyang Technological University moved up from [...]
During school hours, the eco garden at Loyang Primary School is typically abuzz with activities. Besides being the go-to location to play during recess breaks, the garden is primarily a place of learning for students. As part of the school’s Applied Learning Programme (ALP) in Nature-based Education, students get to see the content in their [...]
Pre-school teachers will soon be equipped with even more age-specific skills and knowledge. The new National Institute of Early Childhood Development (NIEC) has announced that it will offer the Diploma in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP) next year. A curated set of core modules will [...]
Students who wish to apply for direct admission to secondary schools and junior colleges may do so from Monday (May 7). Meanwhile, students who wish to apply for early admission to the Institute of Technical Education can start doing so this month. Applications for early admission to polytechnics start next month. The Ministry of Education [...]
All six local universities here will be raising their tuition fees for the new academic year, which begins in August. Some also intend to bump up scholarships and financial aid. Tuition fees for the new intake of Singapore citizens will go up by $50 a year - or about 0.4 per cent to 0.6 per [...]
Sixteen student hopefuls mistakenly received acceptance letters from Republic Polytechnic (RP), with the school later withdrawing the letters and apologising for the error. One of them, who gave her name only as Ms Hou, told Lianhe Wanbao in a report on Sunday that she had received a letter of acceptance into the Institute of Technical [...]
What do digital marketing, food safety, semiconductor fundamentals, oral presentations and counselling have in common? These are just some of the mobile micro-learning courses (MLCs) that Temasek Polytechnic (TP) rolled out for busy professionals on Thursday (April 5) in collaboration with Gnowbe, a microlearning app. "MLCs allow learning to take place in pockets of free [...]
Diploma students at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts will have to complete an internship, industrial attachment, industry project or community project from July this year if they are to graduate. The requirement will form part of a compulsory Industry-Based Learning (IBL) component, which aims to expose students to an authentic work environment, where they can [...]
Classrooms with university students sitting in rows inside mass lecture halls, listening passively to lecturers dish out information, are becoming a less common sight. For one university, a drive to improve how students learn - by encouraging more interaction and discussions - has been gaining momentum. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) now has more than [...]
