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03 September 2018

The cost of education in Singapore has been increasing over the years. The index for tuition fees for polytechnics and local universities has increased by 8.3 percentage points since 2014, according to the Department of Statistics.

With Singapore’s heavy investment in education, it is no wonder that Singapore topped the global Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) rankings in mathematics, science and reading for tests conducted in 2015.

On the other hand, rising education costs could boil down to personal choice. For instance, lower-income households are spending less of their average household income on education (2.6 per cent) compared with middle-(6 per cent) and upper-income (7 per cent) households.

This comes amid the Government’s calls to move away from a narrow focus on grades and efforts to reduce financial pressures on lower-income households.

01 September 2018

In Singapore, Self-Help Groups (SHGs) include the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), the Eurasian Association, Sinda, and Yayasan Mendaki.

SHGs recently presented awards to 517 students at the 15th Joint Tuition Awards Ceremony. The awards recognised the students’ scholastic achievements at national examinations in Singapore.

Some of the awardees were beneficiaries of the SHGs’ Collaborative Tuition Programme, which gives students from low income families access to affordable tuition.

A total of $66,050 in book vouchers were presented by the guest of honour, Mr Ng Chee Meng, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress.

Mr Ng Chee Meng praised the work done by the SHGs.

01 September 2018

Mr Stefan Liew Jing Rui, a recipient of the President’s Scholarship as well as the Singapore Police Force scholarship, has enrolled in local liberal arts college Yale-NUS.

He is one of five recipients this year of the President’s Scholarship.

Mr Liew, 19, who was formerly from the River Valley High School Integrated Programme, says that his choice of study will provide him with a different perspective of the world.

Going to Yale-NUS College will also allow Mr Liew to stay close to his family.

Mr Liew believes as remarkable as his accomplishments have been at such a young age, his family is just one of thousands around Singapore, and of all these families have different stories.

His personal goal, he said, is to learn to appreciate these hidden stories even more, through volunteering for different local causes.

30 August 2018

A new Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship was recently launched. The fellowship is open to university researchers seeking funding for their social science and humanities research projects.

This was announced by Education Minister Ong Ye Kung, who said that universities play an increasingly important role in helping to discover solutions to new problems.

The grant is open to faculties of autonomous universities here who have completed their PhDs or equivalent degrees.

During the ceremony, 14 students were awarded scholarships.

30 August 2018

This year was the first time the Singapore Civil Defence Force Paramedic Scholarship has been awarded to an outstanding GCE ‘A’ Level student.

The award, introduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs in April, went to Mr Han Ming Xuan, 20, who will pursue para-medicine at Australia’s Monash University.

Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam was the guest of honour at this year’s Singapore Police Force Scholarship and Home Team Scholarship award ceremony at the Istana.

Other award recipients included Mr Alden Tan and Mr Stefan Liew, both 19, who were awarded the Singapore Police Force Scholarship.

27 August 2018

The cost of education in Singapore has been steadily increasing over the years.

For instance, the index for tuition fees for polytechnics and local universities has increased by 8.3 percentage points since 2014, according to the Department of Statistics.

But rising education costs are also caused by personal choice as more students and parents opt for private tuition.

The Government is trying move away from a narrow focus on grades and efforts but we can still expect parents and students to want to supplement public education with private tuition.

27 August 2018

The Asean Youth Community (AYC) was launched recently with the aim of serving as a platform to connect young people in the region.

The platform will seek out internship and volunteer opportunities in Asean countries for Singapore youths.

The initiative was launched at an event at Serangoon Garden Secondary School to mark the 51st anniversary of Asean. The new platform is an initiative of the Character and Leadership Academy (CLA).

Participants for the internship and volunteer opportunities will be selected by the AYC, and applications will also be open to tertiary students.

Workshops and conferences for youths from Asean are also being organized by the AYC.