Speaking of its importance at the Mother Tongue Languages Symposium 2024, Singapore Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing announced three key initiatives to promote bilingualism in the country.
Tag: Education
American Consulate in Kolkata hosts ‘Study in the U.S.’ fair, 26 colleges, universities participate
The US Consulate in Kolkata conducts education fair for students
Indian student fakes father’s death to win US scholarship; gets caught through Reddit post
Aryan Anand had submitted fake and falsified documents to secure admission into Lehigh University, a private research university in Pennsylvania for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Singapore plans more steps to control device usage among kids in 0-6 age group
Based on the research done in Singapore and in other countries, the Ministry of Health issued in March 2023 a formal advisory on screen use in children.
Singapore pre-schoolers take part in Police Pal community programme and carnival
The Police Pal programme offers a suite of age-appropriate resources for students to understand the roles of Singapore Police Force officers and learn how they can protect themselves against crime.
Education: 69 percent of Indian students prefer the US to any other destination
US mission interviews over 3900 Indian applicants marking Eighth Annual Student Visa Day:
Spelling Bee 2024: Bruhat Soma, 12-year-old Indian-American, lifts trophy in a diaspora hat-trick
Indian-American students Dev Shah and Harini Logan had won the Spelling Bee in 2023 and 2022, respectively. That makes it a hat-trick at the competition for the Indian diaspora in the United States of America.
Aakash institute founder family and Blackstone are in talks with PEs to sell residual stake of 18%
Together, the Chaudhary family and Blackstone own a residual stake of 18 per cent in the tutoring chain. The other 82 per cent of Aakash is collectively owned by Think & Learn, Ranjan Pai, and Byju Raveendran.
DOTS Academy @ Central aims to make confident, curious, and future-ready individuals out of Singapore youth
DOTS Academy @ Central has been made possible by the donation of SGD 250,000 by SingLand. Central Singapore CDC contributed SGD 250,000 through a dollar-to-dollar matching grant.
Indian law students to get internship placements in Singapore as NLSIU signs MoU with Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Under the new bond, SIAC and NLSIU will work together to place NLSIU law students in internships at SIAC and collaborate to incorporate a module on “SIAC and Institutional Arbitration” into NLSIU’s law programme.
