NUS ranked world’s fourth most international university
The National University of Singapore (NUS) was named the world's fourth most international university by Times Higher Education on Wednesday (Feb 1), edging out prominent universities from Britain and the United States with its diverse [...]
Record number of pupils applied for direct entry to Sec 1 last year
A record number of Primary 6 pupils tried securing a Secondary 1 place in schools of their choice using the Direct School Admission (DSA) route last year, even as the Government is relooking the scheme. [...]
New school’s cohort urged to focus on family, criminal law
In a clarion call to the inaugural cohort of SIM University School of Law, Senior Minister of State for Law Indranee Rajah urged them to lead the way in realising the school's vision - to [...]
Higher demand, enrolment for kindergartens set up by MOE
Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens, which had a muted response at the start three years ago, are now seeing higher demand and enrolments. Last year, there were 1,300 applications for places in the 15 kindergartens, [...]
Best O-level results in at least three decades, 84.3% of students score 5 or more passes
The class of 2016 has set a record. Students who took the O levels last year have outperformed their seniors, with 84.3 per cent of the cohort attaining at least five passes. This surpasses the [...]
Ask: JC or poly? The next step after the O levels
For students getting their GCE O-level results, which will be released tomorrow, an important decision awaits. How do they decide on the next step? In the sixth episode of video series askST, The Straits Times' [...]