by Abriel | Aug 2, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Teen raises funds with online tuition With her Cambridge IGCSE examinations cancelled due to the pandemic, 17-year-old international student Aarushi Menon decided to put her time to good use. During the circuit breaker, she started giving free one-to-one French and...
by Abriel | Jul 30, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education
An initiative by United Overseas Bank (UOB) has brought welcome relief to parents who were worried about how their children would cope when schools closed in April and home-based learning kicked in. With eight school-going children at home and only one laptop to share...
by Abriel | Jun 23, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
About 1,000 fresh tertiary graduates here will benefit from a new $500,000 fund set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund was set up by the South West Community Development Council and Koh Kock Leong Enterprise, in partnership with micro-learning platform...
by Abriel | Jun 22, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
A Singapore-based company has devised a study table made of cardboard that not only caters to children of different ages, but is also easy to assemble. The table comes with a matching stool and a stand for a laptop, tablet or book – all in 10mm sturdy...
by Abriel | May 30, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Specially designed face masks for teachers are being made so that deaf students can lip-read what they are saying through a plastic see-through portion at the mouth area. As schools reopen, about 300 such masks will be slowly distributed to 150 teachers and allied...
by Abriel | May 29, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Sewing communities all over the world rallied to produce see-through masks to make it possible for those who are hard of hearing to lip-read through a mask. Singapore’s seamstresses and crafters have similarly come together to help the local deaf community. Two sets...