An intervention centre for special needs children in Sengkang has a water fountain, ball pits and a large slide of about 4m in height. "All these have been built to be very similar to (play facilities) found in the community, parks and shopping centres - and we have a reason for doing this," said Ms [...]
Parents hoping to place their six-year-olds in five of the most popular primary schools this year may face a ballot next week. The schools are CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, Nanyang Primary, Nan Hua Primary, Red Swastika School and Catholic High School. A total of 29 schools were left with fewer than half of their [...]
School leavers eyeing a place in the universities this year appeared to lose some interest in law, but were eager to study anything related to computers. Figures provided by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University (SMU) show a drop in the number of students listing law as their first choice course. [...]
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has topped the inaugural Asia-Pacific University Rankings released on Wednesday (July 5) by the Times Higher Education magazine, followed by Nanyang Technological University in fifth place. Peking University was placed second, the University of Melbourne third and Tsinghua University, fourth. Mr Phil Baty, rankings editor of the magazine, noted [...]
One of the founders of free tutoring app EduSnap is back with a new peer tutoring app - AsknTeach. Back in 2013, Mr Chia Luck Yong set up EduSnap as a social enterprise with two Singapore Management University schoolmates, Mr Anders Tan and Mr Shaun Tan, and launched the app the next year. At the [...]
SkillsFuture and lifelong learning are now buzzwords in the higher education landscape, with universities revamping their courses to have bite-size offerings to cater to adult learners. But at the undergraduate level, is there also enough flexibility built into the university curriculum to accommodate those who may have discovered new passions midway through their programme? At [...]
Nanyang Technological University students keen on developing entrepreneurial know-how can from next year (2018) head to one of the most entrepreneurial nations in the world - Israel. NTU has set up an innovation centre in Haifa, Israel, and said on Friday (June 30) that it intends to send up to 20 students yearly to the [...]
The annual Primary 1 registration exercise started on June 29 but parents still have questions on picking the right school for their children. Here are five things to consider when selecting a school. 1. THERE IS NO TOP 10 PRIMARY SCHOOL LIST Going by the questions posted on popular forums, many parents are searching for [...]
On top of having to learn new concepts like all students do, those with dyslexia also have to grapple with difficulties in reading fluently, taking notes and revising on their own. The challenges become more acute when they go from secondary school to junior college, polytechnic or the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). There, they [...]
Like any typical 19-year-old, Ms Clydia Tan grapples with the daily academic demands of school and enjoys hanging out with her friends. However, unlike her peers, she suffers from a hearing impairment and relies on hearing aids. But because of years of intense speech therapy she received, her disability is hardly noticed by students and [...]
