Primary 6 pupils will not need to achieve perfect scores to get into top secondary schools when the new PSLE scoring system takes effect this year, based on entry scores for 139 secondary schools released on Tuesday (April 27) by the Education Ministry.
He oversees a school system that has just been ranked No. 1 in a prestigious international benchmarking test, but Education Minister in charge of schools Ng Chee Meng is filled with “divine discontent”.
NO glamour, no VIP visitors, no red carpet – just great films. This year’s pared-down Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is a hybrid event of films screened in cinemas and online. And though the number of films has been reduced from 90 to about 70, the quality of the films is undiminished.
FOREIGN buying has always been a major force driving real estate markets across the world, and Singapore is no exception. But increasingly, many in the property sector are observing that more foreign buyers now see their Singapore residential property as a home rather than just a quick flip.
About S$1.6 million will be set aside for the arts and culture sector as part of support for the community amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and to prepare the sector for “post-disease recovery”, announced Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth Baey Yam Keng on Friday (Mar 6).
Countries such as Thailand, South Korea and Japan could potentially partner Singapore in setting up air travel bubbles in future, although any decision is likely contingent on how effectively COVID-19 is controlled in those countries rather than the push for tourism receipts, said travel experts.
The National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) are letting students write off their grades for modules this semester, to ease anxieties about disruptions to learning amid the coronavirus outbreak.