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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.
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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Invest in our kids. Put Child Development Accounts to better use

Child Development Accounts aim to set up children for life by equipping them with assets that generate long-term returns, whether human capital or financial assets.
Child Development Accounts aim to set up children for life by equipping them with assets that generate long-term returns, whether human capital or financial assets.

Forum: Advertising claims by tutors should be regulated

Forum: Rethink the role of tuition to support students

Parents, please chill – your stress spreads to your kids

We need to understand how adult anxiety shapes children’s behaviour, and what we can do about it, says the writer.
We need to understand how adult anxiety shapes children’s behaviour, and what we can do about it, says the writer.

Private tutors, including for low-income students, may be supplanting the role of teachers

kckindness/ST20250513_202591700830/Ng Sor Luan/Lianhua Primary School students at the school's celebration of  Kindness Day on May 13, 2025 as part of Singapore Kindness Movement's broader education outreach.
kckindness/ST20250513_202591700830/Ng Sor Luan/Lianhua Primary School students at the school's celebration of  Kindness Day on May 13, 2025 as part of Singapore Kindness Movement's broader education outreach.

Forum: CDAC working to uplift families and strengthen bonds

Meet the tutors who take O-level exams every year to create a ‘war mate’ bond with their students

(Clockwise from left) Ms
(Clockwise from left) Ms

Former data analyst creates AI tutor that assesses students based on Singapore schools’ criteria

ST20250704_202505200760 Desmond Wee_saotter/
Profile picture of Jotham Ong,34.
Feature on The Wise Otter, an AI math and GP tutor created by Mr Jotham Ong. Story will talk about his inspiration for creating the AI tutor, how the bot works, and his future plans for the bot.
at 477 Pasir Ris Drive 6, S510477 #07-504.
ST20250704_202505200760 Desmond Wee_saotter/
Profile picture of Jotham Ong,34.
Feature on The Wise Otter, an AI math and GP tutor created by Mr Jotham Ong. Story will talk about his inspiration for creating the AI tutor, how the bot works, and his future plans for the bot.
at 477 Pasir Ris Drive 6, S510477 #07-504.

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