Summarized from Straits Times
20 December 2014
BY AMELIA TENG
Raffles Institution (RI) has named a new scholarship after a former teacher, Mr Hector Chee, whom many regard as an institution himself.
The 81-year-old, who taught mathematics at RI from 1960 to 1980, was known to many for his zeal in finding new ways to teach the subject, from sourcing for material from Britain to introducing topics such as logic into classes.
The scholarship will be offered next year to students from RI and Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary), as well as those from six secondary schools in the Bishan area. These are Bishan Park Secondary, Catholic High School, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary, Guangyang Secondary, Whitley Secondary and Peirce Secondary.
To qualify for the award, which comes with $1,000 per year for study or enrichment expenses, students must be on financial assistance and do well in maths. RGS and RI students will each get $2,000 a year, to cover their higher school fees.
Six students will get the award each year. If funding permits, the group hopes to extend the scholarship to more schools.
Mr Wong Siew Hoong, deputy director-general of education (curriculum), who was taught by Mr Chee in 1975, said: “I am proud to acknowledge Mr Chee as my teacher and happy to support the scholarships to be named in his honour.”
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