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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
While the Secondary 1 posting exercise is meant for pupils from national primary schools, private candidates can also gain admission to mainstream secondary schools. The Ministry of Education (MOE) takes into account pupils' school choices, Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results and the available places in schools when facilitating the posting, said Dr Faishal Ibrahim, [...]
The Ministry of Education's (MOE) mantra is that every school is a good school. With the move to extend the Compulsory Education Act to children with moderate to severe special needs, MOE has reaffirmed that every child matters too. The ministry announced last week that, starting with the Primary 1 cohort in 2019, these special [...]
In a move that fully includes special needs children in the education system, those with moderate to severe conditions will need to attend publicly-funded schools from 2019, just like all other children in Singapore. The move to extend the Compulsory Education (CE) Act will take effect from the Primary 1 cohort just over two years [...]
