More private schools that offer run-of-the-mill degrees are expected to exit as new measures to tighten the quality of the sector take effect. Those that remain will most likely be the more established ones that offer relevant courses and continue...
The private education sector is set for a major shake-up in the next two years with new measures to protect students and also encourage them to pick schools wisely. Private education institutions (PEIs), who enrol 77,000 local students between them,...
SINGAPORE - About 160 air traffic controllers and pilots from 10 territories including Singapore met here on Friday (Oct 21) for an annual opportunity to discuss industry matters and exchange ideas. The event at the Singapore Aviation Academy was jointly...
SINGAPORE - Sixty-one schools will be getting a new principal next year (2017), as part of the Ministry of Education's (MOE) annual reshuffle exercise. Of the 61 schools, 13 will have principals who have been appointed for the first time....
SINGAPORE - Today, it is a red light district associated with sleazy activities after dark. In 19th-century Singapore, it was a meat district too, albeit one with a bloodier shade of red. For the Desker Road of the olden days was...
SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 28-year-old nurse, after a patient lost $3,000 in cash during his hospitalisation. The patient, who is a 34-year-old taxi driver, told Shin Min News Daily he had suffered from a spinal cord injury from...
SINGAPORE - Singaporean film Fundamentally Happy, about a reunion between a young Chinese man and an elderly Malay woman who were once neighbours, has been banned from Malaysian cinemas due to cultural sensitivities. According to the film-makers, the Film Censorship...
SINGAPORE - The death of an 11-year-old boy, who fell 17 floors from his bedroom window on the day he was to show his parents his mid-year examination results, was found to be "a deliberate act of suicide" on...
SINGAPORE - Foreigners wanting to participate in the Purple Parade will be more likely to get the green light. The Pink Dot, less so. The difference between the two: their potential to rile up opinions. Law and Home Affairs Minister K...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching have paid their last respects to the late King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyade at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The Singapore leader laid a wreath at the Royal Urn in...
