Course for GPs improved to match greying society
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 [...]
Budding journalists on the beat at Cantonment Primary School
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 [...]
Possible to adapt Finnish education model to S’pore
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 [...]
Master of His Craft
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 [...]
NTU tops NUS in university rankings for first time
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 [...]
Parent sues school for refusing to return confiscated phone for three months
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 [...]