Foreign student in S’pore posed blindfolded, gagged in ruse for China official scam
SINGAPORE – Convinced he was taking an X-ray via the phone, as instructed by who he thought was a police officer, the student posed topless, blindfolded and gagged, while on a video call. The 21-year-old believed he was speaking to a police officer from China, who had told him there was an outstanding warrant against... » read more
Some students have trouble accessing online portal on first day of home-based learning
SINGAPORE – Some students were unable to access the Student Learning Space portal used for home-based learning Wednesday morning (May 19), on the first day of classes moving online. In a statement, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said it is “aware of the slowdown of the Student Learning Space this morning”, as all primary, secondary,... » read more
Student care centres set up by self-help groups mark 5 years
Five years after the four ethnic-based self-help groups agreed to jointly set up student care centres in schools, 30 of them are up and running, including two that opened last month. Ministers and representatives from the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), Eurasian Association (EA), Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) and Yayasan Mendaki joined 20 pupils... » read more