More news on university ranking in Singapore for today as Singapore falls to 15th place according to this article from straitstimes.com with an extract of it below: by Amelia Teng "SINGAPORE - Singapore has fallen 12 spots to 15th place in a ranking of the world's best cities for university students. Last year the London-based educational consultancy Quacuarelli …
Singapore Studies and Education Statistics 2014
Here's some perspective of our education in Singapore. All data obtained from http://www.singstat.gov.sg Singapore literacy rate (for 15 years and above) is at 96.5% with males at 98.5% and females at 94.6%. However, there is no change for males literacy from previous years but females upped 0.2% from 94.4% previously. Singaporeans with Secondary education or higher …
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Exercise your brains for exam preparation.
Whether you are preparing for GCE, GCSE, IB, PSLE, SAT, or any examination, it is imperative to get your brains fit for the exams. Try these few websites for free brain teasers: 1) Brainmetrix.com contains general games that tests most of brain activities. IQ based, Cognitive and even Sudoku can be found free in here. 2) …
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School Terms and Holidays 2015
Herein lies important dates for Singapore schools and our operating schedules for 2015. Parents take note that eduKate SG operates on all days except public holidays stated in SECTION 3.2 (all information are subject to changes from MOE and is only intended to be used as a rough guideline. dated 4th Nov 2014) extract from MOE …
Optimism and its role in studying
There is a direct correlation between the optimism in a student and the success in studying. Just like the answer to the glass is half full or half empty, this concept is very much a question about the outlook and confidence of the individual. The optimism of students to how well they fare in their …
How to improve discipline in a student
Discipline, the main ingredient to success. Sprinkle with concentration, a dash of determination and double boil with patience. That's the making of a properly executed education. In every education system around the world, the recipe above are quality prerequisites because students spends years in school before gaining their certification and joining the workforce. The need …
the 4 pillars of learning
So with the need in the 21st Century to be highly educated comes the need to provide an education that befits the dynamism of such an aim. Society changes rapidly, with the industrial revolution going the way of the dinosaurs, the digital revolution maturing and now, the social revolution is upon us with Facebook, Twitter …