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CDAC/Chinese Development Assistance Council

CDAC gives $400 e-vouchers to help 8,500 low-income families prepare for new school year

Distribution of brand-new assessment books, educational materials for various subjects as well as non-fiction books for CDAC beneficiaries at the Ready for School (RFS) Project 2025 on Dec 7, 2025

ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Distribution of brand-new assessment books, educational materials for various subjects as well as non-fiction books for CDAC beneficiaries at the Ready for School (RFS) Project 2025 on Dec 7, 2025

ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Forum: Rethink the role of tuition to support students

Forum: CDAC working to uplift families and strengthen bonds

CDAC honours 264 volunteers and partners at inaugural combined appreciation day 

Health Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung speaking at CDAC’s inaugural Volunteers’ and Partners Appreciation Day on July 5.
Health Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung speaking at CDAC’s inaugural Volunteers’ and Partners Appreciation Day on July 5.

CDAC to double places for its programmes to over 30,000 by 2030

Ms Sabrina Ng, who mentors Primary 4 pupil Nikki Ong as part of the Go the Extra Mile mentoring programme, playing a game of dominoes with the 10-year-old.
Ms Sabrina Ng, who mentors Primary 4 pupil Nikki Ong as part of the Go the Extra Mile mentoring programme, playing a game of dominoes with the 10-year-old.

Forum: Removing barriers to opportunity key to discovering Singapore’s ‘lost Einsteins’

Forum: Human mentorship and AI can make learning meaningful and personalised for children  

CDAC cuts primary school tuition curriculum by 30% to encourage play-based learning

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Mr Ong Ye Kung, (centre -left) Chairman of the CDAC Board of Directors and Minister for Health; and Mr Roland Ng, (centre right) CDAC Board of Trustees Chairman; together with CDAC Board of Directors and Board of Trustees; holding the Lego flower in a group photo during the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at CDAC Headquarters Auditorium, on June 21, 2024.
ST20240621_202471000569: Gin Tay/ smong21/ Shermaine Ang/

Mr Ong Ye Kung, (centre -left) Chairman of the CDAC Board of Directors and Minister for Health; and Mr Roland Ng, (centre right) CDAC Board of Trustees Chairman; together with CDAC Board of Directors and Board of Trustees; holding the Lego flower in a group photo during the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at CDAC Headquarters Auditorium, on June 21, 2024.

New income ceiling for CDAC’s student bursaries; more needy families to get help

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Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) beneficiary family Madam Pauline Fong (R), 45, part-time receptionist and part-time administrative executive and her daughters Chen Yi Yuan (in white), 12, student 
Chen Yi Xin, 13, student, browsing assessment books at the CDAC Ready For School event at Nanyang Junior College on Dec 3, 2023.
ST20231203_202337926945/elschool03/Esther Loi/Jason Quah

Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) beneficiary family Madam Pauline Fong (R), 45, part-time receptionist and part-time administrative executive and her daughters Chen Yi Yuan (in white), 12, student 
Chen Yi Xin, 13, student, browsing assessment books at the CDAC Ready For School event at Nanyang Junior College on Dec 3, 2023.

CDAC spent more than $31 million to help 16,600 households in 2022

For 2023, the aim is to enrol 100 K1-2 children through a nine-month play-based learning programme.
For 2023, the aim is to enrol 100 K1-2 children through a nine-month play-based learning programme.

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