More than 600 of them from schools which use the newspaper in class said their general knowledge has also improved.

Secondary and primary school students subscribe to the Monday and Tuesday editions of ST in order to get the educational magazines IN and Little Red Dot, which come bundled with the newspaper on Monday and Tuesday respectively.

A majority of these young readers say they have graduated to reading the broadsheet.

A survey done by Singapore Press Holdings' research, analysis and planning department found that eight in 10 primary school pupils and nine in 10 secondary school students now read ST along with Little Red Dot and IN respectively.

They spend from 10 to 30 minutes on either news magazine and an average of 25 minutes reading ST in school. They are also piqued enough to read the newspaper another four times in the week.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.