by Abriel | Feb 16, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education
The Canossian family has started an inclusive pre-school that takes in both mainstream children and those with special needs. The new pre-school, which comes under Canossaville Children and Community Services, has 70 children, seven of whom have hearing loss. It is...
by Abriel | Oct 23, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
LearnIn, a social enterprise set up in April last year by Mr Bryan Neo, 24, matches tutors who have a disability with students – who may or may not have special needs. The disabilities range from visual and hearing impairments to autism and intellectual...
by Abriel | Sep 21, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
Students with severe hearing, physical and visual disabilities will now get more help as they pursue their studies at polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). They can now each receive up to $70,000 over the course of their studies, to buy...
by Abriel | Sep 17, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
From next year, pupils at a mainstream primary school will have deaf classmates learning alongside them in sign language as a further step is taken towards greater inclusiveness. Currently, children with hearing loss who need more support go to Lighthouse School or...
by Abriel | Sep 8, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
When Wu Wenhua was growing up in the 1980s, hardly anyone bothered to learn English. Now that she has a son, she believes that knowing the language is key to opening doors. Ms Wu, 38, signed Ryan, 11, up for an online service, called VIPKid, that connects Chinese...
by Abriel | Sep 4, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
At Singapore’s Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Kindergarten in Bartley, children as young as five years old have started to take the lead in creating their own short films using stop-motion animation. This technique of using technology to stimulate learning and...
