To help children better transition to Primary 1, those attending Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens will be given priority to enter the primary school that shares a compound with their kindergarten. MOE said this will involve 12 kindergartens as part of a pilot scheme next year. Kindergarten children applying for admission to the respective primary school [...]
Entrepreneurs here hoping to become the next Jack Ma can soon learn the secrets of doing well in e-commerce through a course offered by a business school run by the Chinese Internet mogul's company Alibaba. The Alibaba Business College plans to roll out a digital e-commerce course in countries under China's Belt and Road Initiative [...]
Results of this year's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) will be released on Nov 24, the Ministry of Education and the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board said in a joint press release yesterday. Pupils can collect their result slips from their respective primary schools from 11am. Eligible pupils will receive option forms to select their [...]
The Singapore Institute of Management reported that 82.7 per cent of its graduates last year found jobs within six months of completing their degree studies. But of the total, 18.8 per cent were freelancing or had taken on jobs on a part-time or contract basis, something the school termed "flexible work". The median gross monthly [...]
When students sign up for Chinese language tuition, it is usually because they wish to score better in a subject that many flounder in. But Mr Ann Jong Juan, founder and principal of Han Language Centre, which was set up in 1993 and has 18 branches, wants to cultivate a genuine interest in the language. [...]
Foreigners and Singapore permanent residents (PR) will have to pay more over the next three years to enrol their children in local schools. Monthly fees for PRs attending a primary school will increase from the current $130 to $155 next year, $180 in 2019, and $205 in 2020. For international students, monthly fees will increase [...]
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) affirmed its rise over the National University of Singapore (NUS) in another university ranking by London-based education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). In the Asian Universities Ranking released this morning, NTU was placed No. 1, ahead of NUS and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The Singapore Management University [...]
The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) will, in the years ahead, grow its programme offerings in social sciences, and weave elements of community and social impact into all its courses. "In the future, while technology, big data, smart urbanisation (and) digital transformations make digital inroads into our work and lives, it is the social aspects, [...]
The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is the second public institution here to rename its honours degrees to better reflect the quality of its students. All undergraduates - except those studying medicine - graduating from January will be awarded degrees according to a new nomenclature, regardless of intake year. The current First Class Honours will be [...]
One of the largest pre-school operators here is delving into research to find out how children learn mother tongue languages. NTUC First Campus is partnering the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre (CBRC) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong for a study - the first of its kind by a pre-school operator - that will start [...]
