by Abriel | May 11, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education
Nearly 250 students in Singapore will receive new laptops for learning in an initiative rolled out by the United Overseas Bank (UOB) and its partners. A COVID-19 relief effort, UOB My Digital Space is a regional programme that aims to support students’ digital...
by Abriel | May 2, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Before home-based learning (HBL) kicked in, schools were worried that children who came from disadvantaged homes would start lagging behind their peers. Schools prepared by finding out which students needed laptops and tablets. Teachers also made arrangements for a...
by Abriel | Apr 30, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
While at home during this circuit breaker period, Miss Moh Jin Yin, 19, wanted to find a way to encourage others to raise funds for non-profit organisations supporting those affected by COVID-19. On April 17, five teenagers launched Project Circuit, a website where...
by Abriel | Apr 23, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has launched a private philanthropic programme to help its students, with university president Subra Suresh and wife Mary Suresh making a personal gift of $100,000 to seed the fund. The University said in a statement on 22 April...
by Abriel | Apr 20, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education
Madam Nur Hidayah Shahrudin used to take her son Rizq to parks or to Changi Airport every week so he could practise walking with his pacer gait in large open spaces. But as social distancing and circuit breaker measures were put in place in recent weeks, her...
by Abriel | Apr 15, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
It was the second time in a row that Andy Teo’s tutee had cancelled on him. This – and another student cancelling lessons for two weeks due to a stay-home notice – got Andy thinking about how he could best teach online. On 3 April 2020, it was announced that schools...
