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2008
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Compulsory implementation of seat belts on mini-buses |
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The three-year time frame for school
buses to retrofit seat belts is to minimise the disruption to the
transport of these children that are displaced... |
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The five-year timeframe for the
remaining small buses takes into consideration the fact that
priority will be given to school buses during the first three years,
and the capacity of the workshops to handle the retrofitting work. |
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Release
of the 2008 Primary School Leaving Examination Results |
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In all, 48,424 pupils (or 97.1%) have
been assessed as suitable to proceed to secondary school. Of these
pupils, 63.6% are eligible for the Express course, 21.6% for the
Normal (Academic) and 12.0% for the Normal (Technical) course. |
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There are 1,432 pupils (or 2.9%) who are
assessed to not yet be ready for secondary school in 2009 or more suited
for vocational training... |
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MOE
appoints 50 principals in 2008 |
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The Ministry of Education (MOE) will be
appointing 50 Principals at the 11th Appointment
Ceremony for Principals to be held on 30 Dec 2008.
They comprise 27 newly-appointed Principals and 23
serving Principals/HQ officers who will take up
appointments in other schools... |
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School of the Arts welcomes its first batch of 239
students |
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The School received an overwhelming response
to the Talent Academy to recruit this batch of pioneer students for
2008. Over 1,000 applicants came for the Talent Academy. |
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Today, the School welcomes its first batch
of 239 students who come from diverse social backgrounds and 129 primary
schools... |
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2007
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Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat launches $25 million
fund for education |
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The Fund will provide for three programmes:
training opportunities to strengthen English language teaching in the
region, opportunities for needy students in our polytechnics and the
Institute of Technical Education to gain overseas exposure, and
scholarships for deserving students from Singapore and China to pursue
their undergraduate studies in Singapore universities. |
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The Ministry of Education will administer
the fund... |
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New pay and career package for teachers |
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MOE will be introducing a new Education
Scheme of Service (2008) from 1 April 2008 to better recognise and
reward good teachers. The new scheme will be more market responsive and
there will be a stronger link between pay and performance. |
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Officers will be placed on a salary range
system with merit increments that are based on one’s performance,
potential and market wage movements. This will replace the current
salary scale system with fixed annual increments. With the revision to
the salary ranges, a one-off salary increment of up to 4% will be made
to the salaries of eligible officers on the new scheme... |
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Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'N' Level Exams 2007 Results |
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This year, 11,568 (99.3%) students from the
N(A) course and 6,307 (97.7%) students from the N(T) course will be
awarded the N-Level certificate. The N-Level certificate is awarded to a
candidate who obtains a passing grade of Grade 5 or better in at least
one subject. |
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In addition, 110 N(T) students offered one
or two N(A) subjects and 60 (54.5%) of them have obtained at least a
Grade 5 or better in their N-Level Examination.[1]... |
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Singapore ranked 4th in international reading literacy
study 2006 |
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A representative sample of our pupils – 7000
Primary 4 pupils from all primary schools in Singapore – took part in
the study in October 2005... |
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Singapore ranked 4th among 45 education
systems which participated in PIRLS 2006, an improvement from rank 15th
in PIRLS 2001 (see Table 1, Annex B). Singapore’s average score also
improved from 528 in 2001 to 558 in 2006... |
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2007 Primary School Leaving Examination (PLSE) Results |
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A total of 49, 817 Primary 6 pupils sat for
the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year, a decrease of
798 (or 1.6%) over the 2006 cohort. Of these, 5176 were from the EM3
course... |
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In all, 48, 665 pupils (or 97.7%) have been
assessed as suitable to proceed to secondary school. Of these pupils,
63.5% are eligible for the Express course, 22.2% for the Normal
(Academic) and 12.0% for the Normal (Technical) course. |
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There are 1,152 pupils (or 2.3%) who are
assessed to be not yet ready for secondary school in 2008 or more suited
for vocational training... |
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Inaugural National Infocomm Club Awards |
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The National Infocomm Club Awards recognise
the creativity of Infocomm Club students in using technology to educate
and connect to the wider community, or within schools... |
Primary Category
Top Winner : River Valley Primary School (Project: The Adventures
of Respect)
Merit Winner : Chua Chu Kang Primary School (Project: Intelligent
Communicators)
Merit Winner : Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Project: HOPE) |
Secondary / Junior College
Category
Top Winner : Raffles Institution
(Project: E-learning Packages for Down Syndrome Youths)
Merit Winner : Hwa Chong Institution (Project: Spiderportal)
Merit Winner : Victoria Junior College (Project: Automated Quiz
Management System)... |
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New governance structure for NUH and NUS School of
Medicine |
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MOE and MOH have jointly agreed for NUS and
NHG to establish a new governance structure for the NUS School of
Medicine (NUS-SoM) and the National University Hospital (NUH)... |
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Under the new governance structure, NUH and
NUS-SoM will be repositioned as a joint operating entity. This new
NUH-SoM entity will be governed by one Governing Board which will
include senior members from NHG, NUS, MOH and MOE... |
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New applied subjects at 'O' Level from 2008 |
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From Jan 2008, eight secondary schools will partner the polytechnics to
offer to their Express and Normal (Academic) students, three new ‘O’
level subjects in applied disciplines: Creative 3D Animation,
Fundamentals of Electronics and Introduction to Enterprise Development. |
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These new Applied Subjects will be reflected in the students’ GCE ‘O’
level Examination Certificates and be recognised for admission into
Junior Colleges and Polytechnics... |
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Creating a Singapore fit for children |
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I believe that the next big frontier
is pre-school education. The literature consistently suggests that
early intervention through a high quality pre-school education can
help make up for deficiencies in home environments by way of
ensuring school readiness. |
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Yet 2006 figures show that five
percent of children entering primary school have not attended
preschool. We want to ensure that as many children as possible are
in preschool, so that they get a good start in life... |
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MOE
appoints 65 principals in 2007 |
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This year, 23 of the 36 newly-appointed
Principals are aged 40 and below, which is the largest number of young
newly-appointed Principals in the last ten years. |
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Among them, the youngest are Mdm Eugenia Tan
and Mrs Clara Lim-Tan at age 35. They will be heading Crescent Girls'
School and CHIJ (Kellock) respectively... |
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NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia opens Singapore
campus |
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Tisch School of the Arts Asia is the
first-ever branch campus of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and it is
also the first American art school to set up residence in Singapore. |
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Tisch Asia's inaugural class of 33 graduate
film students began their studies in September. More than half the
students in this first group are from the United States, while the
others come from Australia, Europe, Asia, and Central America. |
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In 2008, Tisch Asia will also begin offering
MFA degrees in animation and dramatic writing... |
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159 Foreign Medical Schools recognised in Singapore |
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The Ministry of Health and the Singapore
Medical Council (SMC) will be including an additional 19 leading
international medical schools to the Schedule of the Medical
Registration Act with effect from 1st October 2007... |
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Included are 6 medical schools from China, 4
from India, 4 from Japan, 2 from Taiwan and 1 from South Korea. 2 more
medical schools from Europe have also been added... |
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Singaporeans graduating from any of the 159
international medical schools can also come back to Singapore, to
supplement the number graduating from our own medical schools... |
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Five schools to pilot boarding programmes for students |
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Five schools will be piloting various models
of boarding programmes starting from 2008, to support the all-round
development of their students... |
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Anglo-Chinese School
(Independent) Year 1 – Year 4 Integrated
Programme (IP) students will board together to forge bonds across
levels, through activities such as inter-hall games. Each IP student
will board for at least two semesters in total. |
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Hwa Chong Institution
Sec 3, Sec 4, JC1 and JC2 students will have the opportunity to
board together on an optional basis, to forge bonds across levels.
Boarding will take place for one term (3 months)... |
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New initiatives for Normal (Academic) Course |
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Currently, the criteria for promoting the
N(A) students to Sec 5N comprise a pass in English Language (EL)
and the aggregate score of their best 3 subjects at the
‘N’ level examinations. MOE will introduce the following refinements: |
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(a) Include both EL and
Mathematics as compulsory subjects for computation in the aggregate
score; and
(b) Increase the number of
subjects to be included in the aggregate score to 5... |
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The refined promotion criteria will
apply to the 2009 Sec 4N(A) cohort onwards... |
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Eight schools to be upgraded from 2009 to 2011 |
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As part of the Ministry of Education's (MOE)
continuing efforts to renew and support our schools, eight more schools
will be upgraded from 2009 to 2011 under the tenth phase of the Programme for Rebuilding and IMproving Existing Schools (PRIME)... |
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Schools undergoing PRIME will also benefit
from the Flexible School Infrastructure (FlexSI) framework and the
provision of an indoor sports hall as part of the upgrading plan. |
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Dunman High School joins Chinese language elective
programme |
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"The Ministry of Education will be
establishing a 5th Chinese Language Elective Programme (CLEP) Centre to
nurture the language talent of students with an aptitude for Chinese
Language. From 2008, the Dunman High School will be offering the CLEP... |
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"The CLEP is a two-year programme, which
includes the study of classical and modern literature (poetry, prose,
novels, and drama) and Chinese culture..." |
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Singapore to have fourth university |
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The Ministry of Education (MOE) is
increasing the number of publicly-funded university places to cater to
30% of each cohort of Singaporeans by 2015... |
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The increase to 30% of cohort translates to
about 2,400 additional university places per year for Singaporeans. |
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Update on the Norovirus outbreak at Pioneer Primary
School |
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"Norovirus was confirmed in the stool
of six food handlers. These findings highlight the importance of
good food and personal hygiene. In particular, symptomatic persons
should refrain from handling food when they are not well. |
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"The six infected food handlers have
been issued orders prohibiting them from working until they are
certified free of infection. MOH has also advised the school on
the necessary prevention and control measures to avoid future
outbreaks. |
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"Pioneer Primary School recorded a
total of 147 Norovirus gastroenteritis cases, comprising students,
staff and food handlers, during the recent outbreak. The illness
is self-limiting and most recovered within 1-3 days. None was
hospitalised..." |
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Special and Express courses at secondary schools to
merge |
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"Starting from the Secondary One students in
2008, the Special and Express Courses will be merged into the "Express
Course"... |
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"For the 2007 Secondary 1 cohort, there are
4,466 Express Course students and 4,410 Special Course students offering
HMTL. |
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"In addition, some schools have placed
Special and Express Course students in the same classes. Thus, there is
now little distinction between Special and Express students in secondary
schools..." |
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Online submission of school choices for Sec 1 posting |
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"Parents of Primary 6 pupils will have an
additional channel of submitting their child’s school choices for the
Secondary One posting exercise at the end of this year. |
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"The Ministry of Education (MOE) will be
introducing a new Internet System to make it more convenient for parents
to be able to submit their child’s Secondary One school choices online. |
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"The new Internet System will also give
parents the option of checking their child’s Secondary One posting
results online... |
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"Parents who wish to use hardcopy forms
to submit their child’s school options to the primary school can
still do so. The Secondary One posting exercise procedures remains
unchanged..." |
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Local university places offered to UNSW Asia students |
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students who had been affected by the closure of the
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Asia have been
offered places by the three local universities,
National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore
Management University (SMU). |
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Primary 1 registration exercise for 2008 |
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"Under the
Compulsory Education Act, Singapore Citizens born
after 1 January 1996 and residing in Singapore are
required to attend national primary schools regularly. |
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"Thus, a child born
between 2 January 2001 and 1 January 2002 has to be
registered at the 2007 Primary One Registration
Exercise for admission to Primary One in January 2008.
Children born between 2 January 1999 and 1 January
2001 (both dates inclusive), who have not previously
been registered for Primary One classes, may also be
registered for admission to school in 2008..." |
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Shell LiveWIRE Awards 2007 launched |
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"Jointly organised by Shell Companies in
Singapore, the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), the ITE Alumni
Association and the Singapore Press Holdings Chinese Newspapers
Division, the prestigious Shell LiveWIRE Awards 2007 aims to groom,
recognise and reward promising young entrepreneurs and promote the
spirit of enterprise... |
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"To qualify for the Awards, applicants should
be 35 years or below and have been in business from three to 36 months.
The Top Award is $10,000. There will also be four Merit Awards of $2,000
each. The Closing Date of the Awards is 31 July 2007..." |
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MOE Selects First Five FutureSchools@Singapore |
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From 2008, students at Canberra Primary
School, Crescent Girls’ School, Jurong Secondary and Hwa Chong
Institution can look forward to even more innovative teaching methods
and engaging lessons – made possible through more widespread use of
Information and Communications Technology (ICT). |
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"These four schools will join a new primary
school, Beacon Primary School, as the pioneer FutureSchools@Singapore..." |
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EDB on closure of UNSW
Asia |
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The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia has taken the decision to discontinue the operation of its
Asia campus in Singapore with effect from 28 June 2007. UNSW has taken
this difficult decision on business grounds after careful thought and
due consideration. |
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Mr Ko Kheng Hwa, Managing Director, EDB
said, “We regret that UNSW has decided to close the Singapore campus.
EDB has been fully committed and has worked closely with UNSW from day
one towards the establishment of its Singapore campus.”... |
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Direct School Admission Exercise 2007 for admission to polytechnic |
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"The first Direct Polytechnic Admission (DPA)
Exercise will commence on 11 July 2007, for admission into polytechnics
in 2008... |
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"The five polytechnics – Nanyang Polytechnic,
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and
Temasek Polytechnic – will each admit up to 2.5% of their Academic Year
2008 intake through DPA, or about 100 students per polytechnic on
average..." |
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Direct School Admission Exercise 2007 for admission to JC1 |
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"The Direct School Admission Exercise 2007
for admission to JC1 and its equivalent level (DSA-JC) will be held from
Monday, 25 June 2007, to Friday, 5 October 2007... |
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"Similar to last year’s exercise, Government
and Government-aided junior colleges (JCs) 1 will be
admitting up to 10% of their 2008 JC1 intake using schoolbased criteria
under the DSA-JC Exercise..." |
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Direct School Admission Exercise for Secondary 1 in 2008 |
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"This year, 56 schools, 9 more than last
year, will be participating in the Direct School Admission Exercise for
admission to Secondary One in 2008... |
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"This year’s DSA-Sec Exercise will be
extended to the new School of the Arts (SOTA), a specialised Independent
School for talented youths in the visual and performing arts. SOTA will
start in January 2008..." |
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Calculators for Primary 5 and 6 Mathematics |
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"To align assessment with the curriculum, the
use of calculators will be allowed in part of the Primary School Leaving
Examination (PSLE) Mathematics and Foundation Mathematics examinations
from 2009. |
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"These examinations will be revised from the
current single paper to a two-paper format from 2009. Calculators will
only be allowed in Paper 2 of the examinations, which will contain
questions for which a calculator can be used..." |
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Niche schools recognised for 2007 |
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"Thirteen primary schools
have been awarded the Programme for School- Based
Excellence for 2007. In addition, the 24 schools which
received the award in 2005 and 2006 had their awards
renewed this year. |
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"Nine secondary schools
have been recognised as Niche Programme Schools for
2007, in addition to the 12 schools that were
recognised in 2005 and 2006..." |
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Schools may hire full-time Infocomm Technology
executives |
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"From July 2007, schools
will have the option to engage full-time Infocomm
Technology (ICT) Executives. |
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"The ICT Executives will
provide schools with professional ICT support and
additional technical expertise to handle the
increasingly sophisticated ICT implementation in
schools..." |
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UBS opens Wealth Management Campus in Singapore |
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“ 'The Campus will be a centre of excellence
for development programmes targeted at employees and clients in the Asia
Pacific region. More importantly, it will also serve as a hothouse for
wealth management research and thought leadership in new wealth
management initiatives,' said Kathryn SHIH, Head of UBS Wealth
Management in Asia Pacific... |
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"Equipped with state-of-the art
facilities, including a lecture hall with video conference
facilities and voice activated cameras, five seminar rooms, a
media lab for business technology training, networking and
administrative areas, UBS expects to train approximately 5,000
existing and future UBS Wealth Management staff by 2010..." |
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Singapore first country to host Toon Boom Animation Festival |
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"Singapore will be the first country to
host the inaugural Toon Boom Animation Festival, which kicks off
on 2 April 2007... |
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"Free workshops will be conducted by
ITE to train students who are not familiar with the Toon Boom
software. Said Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO, ITE..." |
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