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01 January 2019

66 new school principals received their letters of appointment from the director-general of education, Wong Siew Hoong, at the Appointment and Appreciation Ceremony for Principals recently conducted at the Shangri-La Hotel.

One of the new principals is Mr Kevin Ang who has assumed the post of principal at Bukit View Secondary School.

At first, Mr Ang found the culture, history and traditions of Bukit View Secondary unfamiliar. But the school’s vision – to be a “dynamic institution that adds value to all” – struck a chord with him.

Mr Ang plans to enhance Bukit View Secondary’s Applied Learning Programme (ALP) that focuses on environmental science and sustainable living. For example, he said the school would be adding a makerspace, a collaborative work space that would allow students to use their knowledge of clean energy, such as developing models of solar-powered trucks or cars.

30 December 2018

Education Minister Ong Ye Kung has announced that there will be higher fee subsidies and more financial aid for lower- and middle-income students in independent schools from April next year.

This is to ensure that all students regardless of family background or circumstance can achieve their goals and pursue their educational aspirations without worry.

In Singapore, fees at independent schools cost between S$3,600 and S$6,600 each year, while fees at Government and Government-aided schools cost between S$300 and S$396.

Starting from next April, the breakdown of the fee subsidies under the Independent School Bursary scheme will be expanded.

Students from households with a gross monthly income of more than S$2,750 or per capita income of more than S$690 will pay a multiple of fees for Government and Government-aided Schools, from zero to 1.5 times, depending on household income levels. There will be no change for independent school students in the lowest income tier as they already enjoy a 100 per cent subsidy for school fees.

The Ministry of Education will also introduce an UPLIFT scholarship for independent school students from low-income families. Those with a gross household income of up to S$2,750 or per capita income of up to S$690 will be eligible for the scholarship.

The scholarship will provide a cash award of S$800 per year for academically strong students who are Edusave Scholarship recipients, as well as students who are admitted to independent schools through the Direct School Admission.

The scholarship will be for the full duration of studies.

27 December 2018

The Singapore Institute of Technology is introducing a new four-year Dietetics and Nutrition degree programme, the first such degree programme in Singapore.

This degree programme is intended to address the growing demand for dietitians in Singapore as a result of our ageing population.

Students will undergo a 32-week clinical practice education with various public and private healthcare institutions in the course of their study.

SIT will also be introducing a three-year Air Transport Management programme to help meet manpower demand in the growing aviation industry.

The aviation course curriculum will cover operations, management and business aspects of the air transport industry.

25 December 2018

At Nanyang Technological University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, students can now study the human anatomy using 3D-printed replicas of human organs.

Assistant Professor Reddy Mogali, head of anatomy, says that having this learning tool, besides cadavers, would help students appreciate structural variations in the same organ from different individuals.

Traditionally, medical students work with cadavers, both wet and plastinated. Plastinated cadavers are dehydrated specimens that have been injected with silicone. Donated cadavers are generally in short supply.

To print the three-dimensional replicas, a CT scan of the organ is first conducted. Segmentation to identify the various structures of the organ is then done on a computer, to recreate a three-dimensional image to be printed.

24 December 2018

Nur Syawalliah Rahmat was a GCE N-Level student who was among the top-performing students of her Normal (Academic) cohort at Bartley Secondary School.

She scored an aggregate of nine points in English language, mathematics and her three best subjects. This score allows her to apply for the Polytechnic Foundation programme — a programme that prepares students for entry into relevant diploma courses.

Syawalliah plans to study psychology at either Temasek or Nanyang Polytechnic and hopes to become a guidance officer. She is inspired by Girls’ Home officer Ms Siti Natashah Mohd Nah, who was in charge of her well-being during her turbulent youth days spent at Singapore Girls’ Home.

Syawalliah had been placed in the Girls’ Home when she was 14 and she remained there for nearly three years, after her stepmother filed a Beyond Parental Control order. Syawalliah attended classes at the Girls’ Home, but later set the goal of returning to a mainstream secondary school. In the second semester of last year, she was accepted by Bartley Secondary. To Syawalliah’s surprise, none of her schoolmates discriminated against her, even after finding out that she had been residing at the Girls’ Home.

Now living with her 45-year-old technician father, Syawalliah said that she has let go of her past anger and called what her stepmother did a blessing in disguise.

Ms Natashah says that she feels proud and happy for her former charge, Syawalliah.

“Now she has a goal. She knows what she wants to do and how she is going to do it,” the Girls’ Home officer said.

24 December 2018

Earlier this year, Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim announced that the Government will take steps to address the current shortfall of cybersecurity professionals in Singapore.

The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) to groom more talent in this area.

Under the MOUs, the CSA will work with SIT and NYP to develop cybersecurity curricula, research and development projects, as well as provide internship opportunities for students to gain exposure.

CSA will start its collaboration with NYP by co-developing modules under a new Cyber Security Operations Co-operative Programme to prepare students to fill cyber-security roles in the public and private sectors.