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18 April 2018

Several school teachers in Singapore were presented with a Caring Teacher Award at a presentation ceremony last Thursday.

The biennial award recognizes teachers for their contributions to the holistic development of their students.

Minister for Education (Schools) and Second Minister for Transport Ng Chee Meng spoke at the award ceremony. He acknowledged the important role teachers play in the community, and that they can make a difference by providing a listening ear or a caring touch.

After the award ceremony, Mr Ng also took the opportunity to launch the National Institute of Education’s new Visitor Learning Centre, which highlights the heritage and history of Singapore’s education experience.

17 April 2018

A recent survey on employment in Singapore found that in terms of job prospects, graduates from private universities still lag behind their counterparts from public universities.

The employment survey was released in April by the Committee for Private Education.

The survey found that 47.4 per cent of private school graduates found full-time permanent work six months after finishing their studies, compared with 78.4 per cent for their peers from three of Singapore’s publicly-funded universities, namely, NUS, NTU and SMU.

Private school graduates earned median gross starting salaries of $2,650 a month, below the $3,400 for graduates of NUS, NTU and SMU.

A total of 42 private schools took part in the survey.

16 April 2018

Temasek Polytechnic has launched a series of mobile micro-learning courses (MLCs) ranging from digital marketing to food safety, semiconductor fundamentals, oral presentations and counselling.

These courses allow students to learn “on the go”, that is, during pockets of free time such as while commuting to and from work, or during break times at work.

The MLCs fall into two categories: standalone certificated courses, and accredited suite courses, which give credits for full or partial exemption for modules in TP’s diploma or post-diploma programmes.

Temasek Polytechnic is also working with the National Trades Union Congress to promote MLCs to other industrial and business partners.

14 April 2018

The National University of Singapore has been ranked among the world’s top 10 educational institutions for engineering.

The ranking exercise was done as part of an extensive report produced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on worldwide trends in engineering education. The MIT report, which was entitled “Global State Of The Art In Engineering Education” reviewed cutting-edge practices in engineering education.

NUS is the only university outside the United States and Europe to be on MIT’s list. NUS was ranked 8th. The University of Cambridge was in the ninth place.

Professor Chua Kee Chaing, dean of the NUS Faculty of Engineering, called NUS’ presence in the MIT report “gratifying”.

13 April 2018

Professor Lily Kong will be appointed the next president of Singapore Management University. She is the current provost of the university.

She will take over from current president Arnoud De Meyer at the start of 2019.

Prof Kong is well known internationally as a social, cultural and urban geographer.

In her short stint as provost, she has implemented major revamps to the university’s undergraduate admission process, including the introduction of Discovery Day sessions for strong applicants.

Last year, she also led the successful establishment of the SMU Academy, the professional training arm of SMU which offers SkillsFuture-approved courses ranging from technology to human resource management.

12 April 2018

Singapore students now have the opportunity to participate in the National Youth Media Competition, organised by The Straits Times and presented by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG).

During the competition, students will experience first-hand what it is like to be a journalist in a modern newsroom. They will attend a press conference, produce content for online and social media, or write a news story.

The competition aims to promote media literacy and train aspiring journalists among youths in Singapore.

The NCPG will encourage students to discuss the recurrent issue of problem gambling. An NCPG secretariat spokesman said: “We hope the National Youth Media Competition will help youth gain a better understanding about the issue of problem gambling. The participants will also learn about its impact on affected individuals and their families through their own research.”

Schools interested in participating have to form teams of six students each, with each team submitting an entry in the form of a school publication, online newsletter, radio broadcast, podcast or video.

11 April 2018

Singapore six publicly-funded universities have launched a course for all their undergraduate students entitled “Singapore: Imagining the next 50 years”.

In this course, students discuss issues affecting Singapore, and topics for discussion range from the economy to social integration.

An advisory body under the ambit of the Ministry of Defence together with Presidents of the six universities mooted the course to enhance Singapore’s existing National Education Programme.

The course has been popular with students. In SUTD, there were six times as many applicants as vacancies.

NTU has expanded its enrolment quota to 300 places for each semester this year.