Venessa Lee

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Venessa Lee is a senior correspondent at The Straits Times who writes features on parenting and social issues.

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How to prepare for the direct school admission application

(Clockwise from top left) Ms Celyn Yap, Ms Grace Tan, Ms Li Dongmei and Ms Candice Wang.

Lifelong learning: 2 electrical workers, 2 diplomas and a family vision

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Power maintenance technical officer Mr. Balamurugan Alagarsamy, 24, and his father, electrical supervisor at Seng Kang Hospital Mr. Venkatasamy Balamurugan, 54, who are taking a Singapore Polytechnic diploma course together.

Lifelong learning: Father and son give up weekends to do AI diploma together

Lifelong learning: Back to school with dad or mum in Singapore

Ms Poh Ying Xia (left), 38, co-founder of Sunny Bunny Montessori Infantcare and Preschool, and her mother, Ms Ng Chooi Choo, 68, a retired teacher, at the preschool on March 10, 2026. Feature on inter-generational learning: Ying Xia, who bought over her autistic son's preschool, and her retired mother, a former teacher, are doing an NIE diploma course on early childhood development together.

Lifelong learning: Back to school with mum after daughter takes over a pre-school

Ms Poh Ying Xia (left), 38, co-founder of Sunny Bunny Montessori Infantcare and Preschool, and her mother, Ms Ng Chooi Choo, 68, a retired teacher, at the preschool on March 10, 2026. Feature on inter-generational learning: Ying Xia, who bought over her autistic son's preschool, and her retired mother, a former teacher, are doing an NIE diploma course on early childhood development together.

Forced to grow up too soon: The unseen plight of Singapore’s child caregivers

Troy Lee MS De Silva, 20, and his sister Zara Umeria Mohd Shaffari, 16 who started taking on caregiving duties as children in their teens when their dad fell ill, studying at home on Jan 9, 2026.

How to revise for PSLE mother tongue

Ms Daphne Ang, founder and principal tutor at Hong Lao Shi Academy – The Logic Curve, recommends visualisation techniques for Chinese composition.

Meet the young people in Singapore ‘stacking’ overseas internships to get ahead

Mr Jonas Ngoh, a recent SMU graduate, has interned in workplaces in countries like China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

PSLE parents want answers on dealing with stress

Father and son using laptop

PSLE bootcamps: What are they, and are they necessary?

PSLE bootcamps have become a fixture in Singapore's tuition landscape. These intensive revision crash courses typically claim to help students hone exam techniques for the PSLE and plug gaps in their academic learning.

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