Singapore News News Singapore » Education: Singapore’s aspirations to become an education and knowledge hub
Maintaining that ‘people are its most precious resource’, Singapore has made a name for itself as a country committed to human resource development. The city-state has invested in research ...
News Singapore » Education: Singapore's Global Schools for a Global Society
Singapore is one of the most globalized places on earth*. It is a port city that for centuries attracted merchants and travelers from India, China, Southeast Asia, and beyond. Its economy and ...
News Singapore » Education: Why is Singapore wealthy despite having no resources? — The geography of ports, education, and national strategy
Despite producing almost no oil, it is home to one of the world's leading oil refining hubs.Despite having no vast farmland or mines, it has become one of the wealthiest countries in the world.That ...
News Singapore » Education: Singapore haze: Education Ministry may close schools if PSI rises above 300
Amid worsening air quality in Singapore over the past week and the government announcing its next tier of action plans and advisories, Minister for ...
News Singapore » Education: Singapore: Bilingual Language Policy and its Educational Success
International Mother Language Day was last week and we posted about celebrating the individual mother tongue each of us uses. Today we look at Singapore’s inclusive language policy. Singapore’s ...
News Singapore » Education: Rethinking Singapore's education: from emphasis on grades to constant retraining of workers
After being left out of opportunities to advance her career, Clare Lim quit her job in the communications industry last year and went back to school in hopes of getting a better-paid opportunity when ...
News Singapore » Education: Singapore’s public and private providers strive to stay on top
Conversations in or about Singapore invariably turn towards notions of success. How the country turned around its economic and political fortunes under Lee Kuan Yew; how a precocious Joseph Schooling ...
News Singapore » Education: Singapore to ban phone use in schools to raise social interaction
Singapore is planning to release measures to deal with smartphone use in schools in the coming months, amid mounting research showing the relationship between screen time on smartphones and mental ...
News Singapore » Education: Can Singapore Eliminate the Stigmas in Its Secondary Education?
Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung’s recent announcement during the 2019 Committee of Supply Debates on changes to Singapore’s secondary education has largely been lauded a positive move in addressing ...