Maths exam mix-up: Schools say they could have done more
The two schools in an O-level exam mix-up have admitted they could have done more to ensure their students took the correct mathematics paper. They also urged the affected students to refocus on their remaining [...]
73 take wrong O-level maths paper
More than 70 students from two schools took the wrong O-level mathematics paper last Thursday, after a mix-up in the subject codes during registration. A total of 73 Secondary 5 students - 24 from Ahmad [...]
NTU ranked world’s best young uni for third straight year
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been ranked the world's best young university for a third straight year. In Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) latest rankings of the world's top 50 universities established less than 50 years ago, [...]
Raising fees for foreign students is being ‘fair’
Singapore schools are primarily for Singaporean children, and some costs have to be recovered from non-Singaporean students to be "fair" to taxpayers, said Acting Education Minister (Schools) Ng Chee Meng yesterday at a dialogue. [...]
Proposal for UniSIM to become Singapore’s sixth autonomous university
SINGAPORE - The privately-run SIM University (UniSIM) will become Singapore's sixth autonomous university and be fully funded by the Government, if a proposal by the Education Ministry (MOE) is given the green light. Acting Minister [...]
Increase in School Fees for Non-Citizens in Government and Government-Aided Schools from 2017
1.The Ministry of Education (MOE) will be revising the school fees for students who are Singapore permanent residents (PR) and international students (IS) in Government and Government-aided schools from January 2017 to further differentiate fees [...]