Singapore's main training programme for general practitioners (GPs) to get certified in family medicine will, for the first time, undergo an "intensive upgrade". The revamp of the two-year graduate diploma in family medicine is driven by a growing need for primary-care doctors who can deal with the myriad of health issues brought about by a [...]
Communicating confidently and effectively is an important skill to have at any stage in life. At Cantonment Primary School, Primary 4 students learn this through Little Reporter, an activity-based communication programme. During the weekly Chinese enrichment programme lessons, students would learn how to write news articles and catchy headlines, as well as how to conduct [...]
Singapore ought to take note of the lessons that Finland can teach us on building a more relevant and less stressful education system. Detractors have often obstructed attempts at transplanting some of Finland's innovations to other countries. They assert that Finland's educational model is an anomaly that succeeds only within the unique socio-cultural framework of [...]
When Mr Richard Yeo decided to take pharmacy as a course in the 1980s, he saw it as an industry that would guarantee him a job and, more importantly, a pay cheque. After all, he had grown up in a poor family, with few creature comforts provided by his hawker parents. “You see, the healthcare [...]
The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has overtaken the National University of Singapore (NUS) for the first time as Asia’s top university, achieving the highest position ever for a varsity here, in a global ranking published today. It snared the 11th spot in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) global league table of top universities, making this [...]
This issue has reached the courts here after a parent felt that the penalty was too harsh. The parent is suing a secondary school principal for damages but has not succeeded in getting the school to return the phone. The parent's request to have the phone returned immediately was turned down by District Judge Clement [...]
Gone are the days when grabbing a meal on a university campus meant standing in line at a canteen stall, with options limited to basic hawker fare like mee siam, chicken rice or briyani, or in fast-food outlets such as Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's. Dining options at Singapore's older university campuses have expanded widely [...]
In June last year, food and beverage entrepreneur Edwin Lim was given the mammoth task of rebranding an eatery at Singapore Management University that had been struggling to pull in the crowds. Within just two months, he had to hire and train a new team for the restaurant, and come up with a new theme, [...]
Handling kitchen tools can be dangerous, and even experienced cooks often get cuts and burns. But if cooking is difficult for the able bodied, imagine what it would be like if you could not see the sharp knives and heavy pots every cook has to handle. That's where Project Folks comes in. It is a [...]
Singapore is in top place in the international rankings for education. But it wants the next upgrade of its school system to focus on keeping students positive and resilient. It was no accident that Singapore created one of the world's highest performing education systems in five decades. Reminiscent of the examinations for selecting mandarins in [...]
