Secondary school

As Singapore moves to ease academic pressure, why are parents more stressed than ever?

Ken Tay, 40, was concerned about social media exposing his children - a boy aged nine and a girl of six months - to harmful content and people.

School Spotlight: How SJI shapes character through holistic education

(From left) St Joseph’s Institution students Darren Lee, Sakthi Muralikrishna, Rickey Khine and Luke Low.

Wealthy French quit failing state schools squeezed by pensions and austerity

FILE PHOTO: View of the damaged entrance doors of the Lycee Vauquelin high school with bicycles and garbage bins set on fire by protesters in Paris as high school students continue protests in France voicing anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings, which students blame on years of underinvestment, continue, France, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Ask Sandra

How do I pick the right secondary school for my child?

It was full house at the 2023 post-PSLE forum held by The Straits Times to help parents choose a secondary school for their children.

3 students arrested following death of 16-year-old girl at Johor school

The victim, identified as 16-year-old Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairool Faisal, was found dead inside the school hall at around 5.30pm.

High school students in Paris’ deprived suburbs spark national protest movement

As protests raged at more than 1,200 French high schools this week, police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets in some cases.

Mexico school attack leaves vice-principal dead, three people injured

Onlookers at the scene of the attack on Oct 1, at Secondary School No. 13 in the La Union area of the city of Torreon.

AI ‘cannot replace’ relationships: Why teachers matter more than ever in the modern classroom

Tampines Secondary maths teacher Charles Yip guiding Sec 2 students (clockwise from bottom left) Alexis Koh, Reiko Toh and Raina Mahani as they use AI-powered learning tools.

New AI tool helps teachers mark geography essays; English, history and social studies next in line

A Canberra Secondary School student using AI-generated feedback from Markly to improve his writing assignment.

Surrounded by guns: ST journalist recalls nerve-racking time, at final What’s The News? school programme

ST senior crime correspondent Zaihan Mohamed Yusof telling students at St Gabriel’s Secondary School about the time he was mistaken for a spy, during a What’s The News? assembly programme on Aug 28.

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