Posts Tagged ‘Education’
How to spot a fake certificate (The New Paper)
How to spot a fake certificateJust comparing copies to so-called originals is probably not enough. -TNP Sat, Nov 28, 2009 The New Paper By Larry Haverkamp HOW does one check up on a person's academic credentials? In Asia, the most common [...]
Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? (ST 27 Nov)
Nov 27, 2009 Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? A fresh controversy over second language policy has erupted with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks that the Government had proceeded on the wrong assumptions for 30 years. Did it [...]
Singapore on list of degree mill countries (ST 26 Nov)
The Lee Community College office at the MND Complex in Maxwell Road. The popular CaseTrust-accredited school appears on a list compiled by officials in the US state of Oregon of six institutions here that are said to offer unaccredited [...]
Still careers for sons, spouses for daughters (ST 26 Nov)
IN ITS latest gender gap index, the World Economic Forum found Singapore to have improved marginally on its previous score to reach 0.666, where '1' indicates full equality between men and women. But the Republic dropped a spot from last year, and [...]
Advice From Grandma (New York Times 22 Nov)
November 22, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist Advice From Grandma By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN President Obama’s visit to China this week inevitably invites comparisons between the world’s two leading powers. You know what they say: Britain owned the 19th [...]
Measuring S’pore’s mental well-being (ST 21 Nov)
Researchers from the Institute of Mental Health are developing a culturally appropriate scale to measure the level of positive mental health in Singapore. -- ST FILE PHOTO Nov 21, 2009 Measuring S'pore's mental well-being Economic prosperity no [...]
Is Singapore still Singaporean? (Today 21 Nov)
Is Singapore still Singaporean? 05:55 AM Nov 21, 2009 by Richard Hartung Is Singapore still Singaporean? That's the conundrum posed by recent population data. Sometime last year, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said that "we must have a core [...]
Local unis see endowment funds bruised during crisis (Asiaone 18 Nov)
Local unis see endowment funds bruised during crisis Singapore's three publicly funded universities may have lost hundreds of millions of dollars from their endowment funds in the year to March from the vicious downturn in [...]
Have our English standards REALLY fallen (ST 7 Oct)
Primary 4 pupil Daniel Lo Tern Xuan, who is pretending to be a leatherback turtle, fields questions from his classmates at Princess Elizabeth Primary School during a non-textbook English-language class. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN Listen to the [...]
Gender gap index: More equality in Singapore but…(Today 29 Oct)
Gender gap index: More equality in Singapore but …SINGAPORE – It has improved on its overall score on equality between the sexes, but Singapore has slipped again in the world gender gap index by the World Economic Forum. The Lion City [...]
Balancing needs of both camps (ST 24 Oct)
Balancing needs of both camps Challenge facing govt: How to favour citizens without putting off PRs HOW do you - in PM Lee Hsien Loong's words - 'make the differentiation between citizens and PRs sharper over time to reflect the [...]
The meaning of life after retirement (Today 10 Oct)
The meaning of life after retirement 05:55 AM Oct 10, 2009 by Eveline Gan WORN out by his former stressful and hectic work life in the stockbroking industry, Mr See Chak Wah had initially looked forward to his retirement. But the novelty of [...]
Young entrepreneurs singled out for good work (ST 23 Oct)
Young entrepreneurs singled out for good work By Francis Chan IT USUALLY takes years before employees get so jaded with their job they finally take the gamble of chucking it in to become their own boss. Miss Elfaine Tan did that in just a [...]
Teachers and trainers are happiest: Poll (ST 19 Oct)
Teachers and trainers are happiest: Poll Job portal also finds civil servants are happier than workers in private sector By Gabriel Chen IF YOU want to be happy at work, become a teacher or work in the service sector. That is the key [...]
Migration does a world of good (Sunday Times 18 Oct)
Migration does a world of good Migrant workers do improve their own lives and economies of host countries: UN report By Tan Dawn Wei When Annie left her parents, husband and young children in Solo, Indonesia, to make that trip to [...]
