SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Education (MOE) will pay closer attention to ensuring greater alignment of gender-related content taught by schools and the institutes of higher learning (IHLs). Minister of State for Education and Social and Family Development Sun Xueling said on Monday (Dec 21) that the ministry will also work with schools to share […]
KUALA LUMPUR – The treasurer-general of Umno, the biggest party in Malaysia’s ruling Perikatan Nasional alliance, was convicted of corruption by the Malaysian High Court on Monday (Dec 21). Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, 70, was found guilty under Section 165 of the Penal Code – which criminalises using public office to receive gratification – for […]
SINGAPORE – Mr S. Jaswant Singh Gill, Singapore’s first head of navy and a pillar of the Sikh community, died on Saturday (Dec 19) at about 10am, aged 97. He was running a fever caused by pneumonia and was being readied to be taken to hospital when he died in his home. He is survived […]
KATHMANDU (NYTIMES) – Nepal’s top leader dissolved Parliament Sunday (Dec 20) amid infighting among members of the governing party, throwing into doubt the political future of a strategically important Himalayan country where China and India have long jockeyed for influence. The prime minister, Mr K.P. Sharma Oli, called for the dissolution of the lower house […]
SINGAPORE – Regardless of their own income and educational levels, parents providing learning activities at home can have a major influence on developing their young children’s maths and language skills. This was borne out by Singapore first kindergarten study which followed 1,537 children from 80 preschools from kindergarten 1 to Primary 1. The study underscored […]
Regardless of their own income and educational levels, parents providing learning activities at home can have a major influence on developing their young children’s maths and language skills. This was borne out by Singapore’s first kindergarten study which followed 1,537 children from 80 pre-schools from Kindergarten 1 to Primary 1. The study underscored the importance […]
SINGAPORE – By bringing in kids through academic programmes, Progress Class Society hopes to also establish a mentoring relationship between the children and the volunteers to equip them with life skills. The ground-up initiative in Marsiling, which targets children and youth from low-income families in the area, was started in 2015 by a group of […]
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Kindergarten Impact Project (Skip) is the Republic’s first large-scale longitudinal study of pre-school children. It followed a cohort of 1,537 children from 80 pre-schools (childcare centres, anchor operator and non-anchor operator kindergartens and Ministry of Education kindergartens) as they progressed from Kindergarten 1 (K1) in 2015 to Primary 1 (P1) in […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated the Patimban sea port in West Java on Sunday (Dec 20), saying the new gateway would have a “strategic” role in boosting the nation’s pandemic-hit economy. The 43.2 trillion rupiah (S$4 billion) port in the town of Subang, 140km east of the capital Jakarta, is one of […]
SINGAPORE – All 19 new coronavirus cases confirmed on Sunday (Dec 20) were imported. There were no new community cases and none from worker dormitories. Sunday’s cases take Singapore’s total to 58,422. All the new cases were among those already placed on stay-home notices or isolated on arrival in Singapore when they were tested, said […]