ST SMART PARENTING
How to guide your child to secure a polytechnic spot before the O levels
Lasalle College of the Arts is part of the early admissions exercise for the first time in 2024.
FUN WITH KIDS
Arts for the holidays: Chinese theatre shows, quirky performances and literary programmes
Patrons at the Esplanade can expect to see giant slinkies roam the boardwalk at Flipside.
PSLE
Application for direct admission to secondary schools, JCs starts from May 7
Secondary schools and JCs can admit up to 20 per cent of their students through DSA.
ST PSLE prep forum: Markers adopt rigorous standardisation process to ensure marking is fair
The forum addressed parents’ concerns about how strictly papers would be marked.
askST: How to prepare my child for PSLE
One mistake pupils commonly make is failing to read questions carefully.
Preparing for P1
Primary 1 registration for 2025 admission to start on July 2
The registration, conducted online through the P1 Registration Portal, will end on Oct 30.
Parenting
Bridging a wide age gap between siblings
While older siblings can help care for younger ones, parents must be careful not to place too much burden on them.
Pre-school
Kids as young as three going for memory training, but experts say more research needed
Memory training may give children a boost in exams or help neurodiverse kids with learning.
Is it ever worth it to take your toddler on holiday?
My daughter’s tantrum caused me to miss out on Korean barbecue pork belly in Seoul, but I learnt a valuable parenting lesson.
More mother tongue language learning for children at two new MOE-run pre-schools from 2025
K1 children at the Hougang and Elias Park kindergartens will get an extra half hour of MTL activities daily.
Primary school
Your kids aren’t lazy; they just don’t know how to revise independently
It is important to find out why kids procrastinate or are reluctant to hit the books.
ACS (International) to set up elementary school in S’pore, 2 more schools in Indonesia
The ACS brand of education has become popular among the locals and expatriates in Indonesia.
Secondary School
How the new SEC exams, which replace O- and N-levels, will affect your child
Upcoming changes in the national exam will affect current Secondary 1 students.
Secondary school students to have one common national exam period from 2027
With the change, students will have one written exam sitting for mother tongue language.
JC/Poly/ITE
Junior college or poly? How to guide your child to pick the right path
Consider a child's interests and strengths, and the way he learns best, say educators.
Dropping out of medical school? Deciding on poly or JC? Exam stress? A Reddit forum can help
An online and youth-run forum has become the de facto place for discussing student life in Singapore.
University
NUS and NTU top Asian universities in subject rankings again
NTU had 10 subjects while NUS had 19 in the top 10 lists in QS World University Rankings by Subject.
askST: What do you need to apply for the new University of the Arts? What are the career prospects?
Applications for the University of the Arts will close on March 31.
