Education

The recent news about the GCE O-Level examination scripts send to Cambridge Assessment in the UK going missing has reignited the conversation around the security of around transporting exam scripts halfway around the world to be graded. Cambridge Assessment says they have strict security measures in place for transportation of exam scripts. But like any system that deals with humans, …

by ValueChampion The cost of educating a child in Singapore has increased steadily in recent decades. How can you reduce the financial burden of sending your children to school without sacrificing the quality of their education? The rising cost of education is becoming increasingly problematic for families in Singapore that simply want their children to have the opportunity at a great …

Students who sat for the 2018 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) Examination have collected their results from their secondary schools on Monday (14 January), in a record-breaking result as 84.8 per cent of students scored at least five passes at the GCE O-Level examinations last year. The Ministry of Education (MOE) and Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board …

Parents who are planning to register their children to Ministry of Education (MOE) Kindergarten (MK) can do so online as the ministry will implement an online process for the Registration Exercise and make refinements to the MK Admissions Framework. Currently, parents interested in registering their child for an MK have to physically go to the MK of choice to complete …

Once again, national examination scripts sent to the UK for grading have gone missing. Barely a year after 238 GCE A-level Chemistry scripts that were sent to Cambridge Assessment to be marked were stolen, the same thing happened again when an examiner’s bag was ‘mistakenly taken’ on a train. In a statement, the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) said …

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has promised undergraduates in the communications and new media course that it will bring in “high quality academic staff” after a series of lecturer resignations. As reported by TODAYonline, the renowned university has also discontinued several modules this year “due to an ongoing curriculum revision to ensure the course content remains relevant to academic …

Parents Gateway, the digital service that connects parents and schools on key administrative matters, was officially launched by Minister for Education, Mr Ong Ye Kung, at Huamin Primary School earlier on Wednesday (2 January). In partnership with the Government Technology Agency (GovTech), the Ministry of Education (MOE) has developed Parents Gateway - a one-stop mobile app for parents and schools …

The results of the 2018 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) examination will be released on Monday (14 January). In a press release on Monday (7 January), the Ministry of Education remind school candidates to obtain their results from their respective schools from 2.00 pm on 14 January 2019. Meanwhile, private candidates will be notified of their …

It was reported on ST today (24 Dec) that the Government has launched two tenders for affordable foreign school operators last year so as to help foreign expats cope with the high education costs and to ensure that Singapore remains cost-competitive for international businesses operating here. These "budget" international schools would go a long way to help the many expats …

The Secondary 1 (S1) posting results will be released on Wednesday (19 December) at 9.00am, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced in a press release on Wednesday (12 December). Students will be able to see the results through Short Message Service (SMS) via a local mobile number (if provided by the applicant during the application process, S1-Internet System, and at the …