How much is the poly school fees nowadays?
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20090107-113027.html
* Not the pui chee in front, the SYT holding the hair is the one
'Say you heard about him from me'
By Tan May Ping
A NERVOUS Miss Eileen Leow waited for her turn to present her final-year project to Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew yesterday.
When he came by, the last thing she expected was to get a personal referral from MM Lee himself.
Miss Leow, 20, had said she wanted to become a fashion designer when he asked what she had hoped to do after graduating from Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP).
MM Lee remarked that he knew of a good designer in Paris.
'He is a great success ... a Singaporean. The ambassador took me to see his shop,' MM Lee said.
'Get in touch with him. He could give you ideas on where to get material from.'
Calling out to his press secretary, Madam Yeong Yoon Ying, MM Lee asked her to get the name and email address of the designer to pass to Miss Leow.
He told Miss Leow: 'Say you heard (about him) from me. I went to see his shop. He might give you some tips.'
Madam Yeong later told reporters that MM Lee was referring to fashion designer Andrew Gn, whom he had met in Paris a few years ago.
MM Lee visited NYP yesterday, where he toured the School of Interactive & Digital Media, and the School of Engineering.
He was briefed on the polytechnic's key developments, and also viewed students' final-year projects.
While interacting with the students, MM Lee enquired about their backgrounds, asking them which secondary schools they had gone to, where they lived, how many siblings they had, and what their parents worked as.
Miss Leow, who is pursuing a diploma in digital media design, is working with another student programmer to develop a PC-based educational game for a digital media company.
The game, for children aged 3 to 5, took 11/2 months to design and conceptualise.
Given her course of study, MM Lee was surprised to find out that she wanted to become a fashion designer.
Referring to his referral, Miss Leow told The New Paper: 'I totally didn't expect it. I hope I can get the contact soon. It's a great opportunity, and I will contact (the designer) once I have expanded my portfolio further.'
She said she had not heard of Mr Gn before.
Recent interest
Her interest in fashion design is quite recent, which she developed from flipping through magazines and watching TV shows.
She said her course, which includes drawing lessons, has helped in her fashion-designing.
Miss Leow hopes to enrol in a design school after graduating this year.
She said of her meeting with MM Lee: 'I was quite nervous at first. But after a while, it felt like talking to your grandfather.'
NYP has seven schools offering 33 full-time diploma courses. The number of courses will expand to 45 come April.
NYP currently has 15,225 students, of which two-thirds come from families with monthly incomes of below $3,000.
After a dialogue session with 10 NYP students, MM Lee told reporters that Singapore needs diversity.
'An economy needs all kinds of talented people,' he said.
'We have to become a more diverse economy and provide our students with different outlets that fit their particular strength, their particular profile.'
For example, he said that some people are good with their hands, while others excel at problem-solving.
It is not necessary to go into the academic stream, as people can use their talent in a market-based economy and earn a good living in many other fields, he said.
'We now have to try and bring up people who do not necessarily do well in universities but who will do well in life.'
That's a consideration given that about 25 per cent of each cohort now go to university, and more than 40 per cent go to polytechnics, not to mention special schools like the arts and sports schools, he added.
This article was first published in The New Paper on January 06, 2009.
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20090107-113027.html
* Not the pui chee in front, the SYT holding the hair is the one
'Say you heard about him from me'
By Tan May Ping
A NERVOUS Miss Eileen Leow waited for her turn to present her final-year project to Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew yesterday.
When he came by, the last thing she expected was to get a personal referral from MM Lee himself.
Miss Leow, 20, had said she wanted to become a fashion designer when he asked what she had hoped to do after graduating from Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP).
MM Lee remarked that he knew of a good designer in Paris.
'He is a great success ... a Singaporean. The ambassador took me to see his shop,' MM Lee said.
'Get in touch with him. He could give you ideas on where to get material from.'
Calling out to his press secretary, Madam Yeong Yoon Ying, MM Lee asked her to get the name and email address of the designer to pass to Miss Leow.
He told Miss Leow: 'Say you heard (about him) from me. I went to see his shop. He might give you some tips.'
Madam Yeong later told reporters that MM Lee was referring to fashion designer Andrew Gn, whom he had met in Paris a few years ago.
MM Lee visited NYP yesterday, where he toured the School of Interactive & Digital Media, and the School of Engineering.
He was briefed on the polytechnic's key developments, and also viewed students' final-year projects.
While interacting with the students, MM Lee enquired about their backgrounds, asking them which secondary schools they had gone to, where they lived, how many siblings they had, and what their parents worked as.
Miss Leow, who is pursuing a diploma in digital media design, is working with another student programmer to develop a PC-based educational game for a digital media company.
The game, for children aged 3 to 5, took 11/2 months to design and conceptualise.
Given her course of study, MM Lee was surprised to find out that she wanted to become a fashion designer.
Referring to his referral, Miss Leow told The New Paper: 'I totally didn't expect it. I hope I can get the contact soon. It's a great opportunity, and I will contact (the designer) once I have expanded my portfolio further.'
She said she had not heard of Mr Gn before.
Recent interest
Her interest in fashion design is quite recent, which she developed from flipping through magazines and watching TV shows.
She said her course, which includes drawing lessons, has helped in her fashion-designing.
Miss Leow hopes to enrol in a design school after graduating this year.
She said of her meeting with MM Lee: 'I was quite nervous at first. But after a while, it felt like talking to your grandfather.'
NYP has seven schools offering 33 full-time diploma courses. The number of courses will expand to 45 come April.
NYP currently has 15,225 students, of which two-thirds come from families with monthly incomes of below $3,000.
After a dialogue session with 10 NYP students, MM Lee told reporters that Singapore needs diversity.
'An economy needs all kinds of talented people,' he said.
'We have to become a more diverse economy and provide our students with different outlets that fit their particular strength, their particular profile.'
For example, he said that some people are good with their hands, while others excel at problem-solving.
It is not necessary to go into the academic stream, as people can use their talent in a market-based economy and earn a good living in many other fields, he said.
'We now have to try and bring up people who do not necessarily do well in universities but who will do well in life.'
That's a consideration given that about 25 per cent of each cohort now go to university, and more than 40 per cent go to polytechnics, not to mention special schools like the arts and sports schools, he added.
This article was first published in The New Paper on January 06, 2009.
