by Abriel | Jul 2, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
For dyslexic children, the multi-sensory approach to learning — from sight to sound — is a struggle, which is what a team from Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) hopes to address with an enhanced teaching tool. Called the ProCubeX, the cuboid-shaped gadget works with an...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Ms Janine Teo led a sheltered life when she was growing up. She lived in a terraced house in Siglap, went to top schools and her “tiger” mum made sure that she aced all of her exams. By nine years old, she was already a Mensa Singapore member. Her first...
by Abriel | Jun 22, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education
Students with dyslexia who find it hard to give presentations may soon get help to overcome their nerves. A new virtual reality program will allow them to hone their speaking skills in front of a virtual audience and even give them cues to make eye contact and hand...
by Abriel | Apr 28, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education
An initiative has been launched with the aim of integrating special needs children into a mainstream school setting. It is one of several in a pilot programme by the Ministry of Social and Family Development to better cater to the diversity of children who are taking...
by Abriel | Mar 26, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Czech supermodel, entrepreneur and philanthropist Petra Nemcova, 38, was in Singapore recently to attend a fund-raiser for the Indonesian arm of her charity, Happy Hearts Fund. She started the charity – which rebuilds schools in areas that have been impacted by...
by Abriel | Mar 17, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education
Growing up, Ryan Tan never thought he amounted to much. He flunked almost every test paper in primary school and used to lash out at classmates in frustration. But all it took was keen observation from a teacher to turn things around. Ms Agnes Poh, Ryan’s mother,...
