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Keechiu visits Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School.
With suspended swings, air hockey and chessboards on the tables, the canteen at Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School has been creatively designed for students to have a fun and social experience during mealtimes. However, as part of #COVID19 safe management measures (SMMs) for our schools, these activities have stopped temporarily.
The time our students spend in schools goes beyond academic learning and it’s important that we continue to enable social interaction amidst the pandemic, while maintaining vigilance.
As Singapore transits to the endemic state with the gradual easing of community SMMs, Ministry of Education, Singapore has resumed selected activities in our schools and Institutes of Higher Learning from 10 August. These include mask-on outdoor play for our primary school students and in-person CCAs for secondary schools and JCs. Unsurprisingly, I have been hearing from colleagues that the students are overjoyed
Was glad to see the PLMGS students engrossed in hands-on learning during my visit this morning. The Sec 1 students had their PE lesson with SMMs in place; and Sec 2 students were learning Arduino, a computer programming software, and fabricating metalwork. Other than the thrill of being able to work on the projects in person, I observed how much the girls enjoyed being in one another’s company.
While online learning has its merits, it cannot replace the benefits that our students derive from being physically present in school. We will continue to work closely with parents to keep our schools open as much as possible, while closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation. CCS
Chan Chun Sing added 9 new photos to the album Visit to PLMGS 2021.
3 hrs·With suspended swings, air hockey and chessboards on the tables, the canteen at Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School has been creatively designed for students to have a fun and social experience during mealtimes. However, as part of #COVID19 safe management measures (SMMs) for our schools, these activities have stopped temporarily.
The time our students spend in schools goes beyond academic learning and it’s important that we continue to enable social interaction amidst the pandemic, while maintaining vigilance.
As Singapore transits to the endemic state with the gradual easing of community SMMs, Ministry of Education, Singapore has resumed selected activities in our schools and Institutes of Higher Learning from 10 August. These include mask-on outdoor play for our primary school students and in-person CCAs for secondary schools and JCs. Unsurprisingly, I have been hearing from colleagues that the students are overjoyed
Was glad to see the PLMGS students engrossed in hands-on learning during my visit this morning. The Sec 1 students had their PE lesson with SMMs in place; and Sec 2 students were learning Arduino, a computer programming software, and fabricating metalwork. Other than the thrill of being able to work on the projects in person, I observed how much the girls enjoyed being in one another’s company.
While online learning has its merits, it cannot replace the benefits that our students derive from being physically present in school. We will continue to work closely with parents to keep our schools open as much as possible, while closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation. CCS
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They even have shampoo on the tables, presumably for the students to wash their hair during recess time.
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from theonlinecitizen.com:
WP MP Gerald Giam of Aljunied GRC asked Education Minister Chan Chun Sing last month (26 Jul) if Singapore’s local universities have enough computer science degree places to meet the demand of IT industry.
Mr Giam said that he asked the question in Parliament in response to what Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said early last month (6 Jul) that in the IT sector alone, 6,000 jobs remain unfilled. Tan told Parliament then that Singapore currently does not have enough locals to fill the IT jobs available.
“With this in mind, I asked the Minister for Education some questions regarding the number of Singaporean students admitted to computer science degree courses at local universities,” Mr Giam explained.
Mr Giam asked:
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“The number of local IDT undergraduate places rose four-fold from 800 in 2010 to 3,100 in 2020. As a proportion of all AU places, the number of IDT undergraduate places increased from 7% in 2010 to 17% in 2020.”
The breakdown of the 2020 IDT intake of 3,100 places last year was:
Still, Chan said, “Our industry needs cannot be met by fresh graduates alone. Even as we grow the number of IDT places overall, and encourage more students to take on second majors or minors in IDT, we have to balance this with the manpower needs of other sectors, given our shrinking birth cohorts and limited graduate supply.”
“To supplement this, MOE and sector agencies are ramping up Continuing Education and Training (CET) pathways significantly. This includes expanding TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) programmes under IMDA, which has placed over 8,000 Singaporeans into tech jobs since its inception in 2016.”
Indeed, despite Chan’s best efforts to get more locals trained to go into IT sector, tech jobs continue to remain unfilled as told by Manpower Minister Tan.
In fact, in Parliament last month, Tan disclosed that some 25 percent of the 177,100 employment pass (EP) holders in Singapore were Indian nationals due to the “global demand and supply of tech talent”. That is to say, Indian nationals were roped in to help fill the “unfilled” places in IT jobs.
The number of Indian nationals had skyrocketed from 14 percent in 2005 to 25 percent last year in terms of proportion of EP holders working in Singapore.
“Now, is this the result of more favourable treatment for Indian EP holders due to CECA? The answer is no,” Tan assured.
Tan, however, did not disclose the proportion of Indian nationals with S Pass working here but there were 174,000 S Pass holders last year. Together with the 177,100 EP holders, there were altogether 351,100 foreign PMETs in total working in Singapore last year.
Chan Chun Sing: IT industry manpower needs cannot be met by fresh graduates alone
WP MP Gerald Giam of Aljunied GRC asked Education Minister Chan Chun Sing last month (26 Jul) if Singapore’s local universities have enough computer science degree places to meet the demand of IT industry.
Mr Giam said that he asked the question in Parliament in response to what Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said early last month (6 Jul) that in the IT sector alone, 6,000 jobs remain unfilled. Tan told Parliament then that Singapore currently does not have enough locals to fill the IT jobs available.
“With this in mind, I asked the Minister for Education some questions regarding the number of Singaporean students admitted to computer science degree courses at local universities,” Mr Giam explained.
Mr Giam asked:
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- How many Singaporean students have applied for computer science degrees in each Autonomous University in each of the last 10 years;
- Of these, how many have been offered admission in each year and each university;
- Why has the number of local graduates holding computer science degrees been insufficient to meet demand in the local IT sector; and
- What plans have been considered to increase the intake of computer science students to meet industry demand for tech talent.
“The number of local IDT undergraduate places rose four-fold from 800 in 2010 to 3,100 in 2020. As a proportion of all AU places, the number of IDT undergraduate places increased from 7% in 2010 to 17% in 2020.”
The breakdown of the 2020 IDT intake of 3,100 places last year was:
- ~1,200 in National University of Singapore (NUS)
- ~600 in Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
- ~500 in Singapore Management University (SMU)
- ~500 in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)
- ~100 in Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
- ~100 in Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
Still, Chan said, “Our industry needs cannot be met by fresh graduates alone. Even as we grow the number of IDT places overall, and encourage more students to take on second majors or minors in IDT, we have to balance this with the manpower needs of other sectors, given our shrinking birth cohorts and limited graduate supply.”
“To supplement this, MOE and sector agencies are ramping up Continuing Education and Training (CET) pathways significantly. This includes expanding TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) programmes under IMDA, which has placed over 8,000 Singaporeans into tech jobs since its inception in 2016.”
Indeed, despite Chan’s best efforts to get more locals trained to go into IT sector, tech jobs continue to remain unfilled as told by Manpower Minister Tan.
In fact, in Parliament last month, Tan disclosed that some 25 percent of the 177,100 employment pass (EP) holders in Singapore were Indian nationals due to the “global demand and supply of tech talent”. That is to say, Indian nationals were roped in to help fill the “unfilled” places in IT jobs.
The number of Indian nationals had skyrocketed from 14 percent in 2005 to 25 percent last year in terms of proportion of EP holders working in Singapore.
“Now, is this the result of more favourable treatment for Indian EP holders due to CECA? The answer is no,” Tan assured.
Tan, however, did not disclose the proportion of Indian nationals with S Pass working here but there were 174,000 S Pass holders last year. Together with the 177,100 EP holders, there were altogether 351,100 foreign PMETs in total working in Singapore last year.
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Keechiu praises volunteers from Buona Vista for distributing hand sanitizers.
This morning, volunteers from Buona Vista visited the four markets in our constituency (Commonwealth Crescent, Holland Drive, Holland Village and Tanglin Halt) to distribute hand sanitisers to stall owners. We hope that this will help to enhance the hygiene of our markets and protect our diners.
This being the first weekend since the resumption of dining-in, I hope that you will get to catch up with family and friends over a meal. Remember to practise safe distancing as you support our F&B industry! CCS
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4 hrs·This morning, volunteers from Buona Vista visited the four markets in our constituency (Commonwealth Crescent, Holland Drive, Holland Village and Tanglin Halt) to distribute hand sanitisers to stall owners. We hope that this will help to enhance the hygiene of our markets and protect our diners.
This being the first weekend since the resumption of dining-in, I hope that you will get to catch up with family and friends over a meal. Remember to practise safe distancing as you support our F&B industry! CCS
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It looks more like Keechiu is asking the question and the schoolgirl is trying to give a politically correct answer.
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For the last 20 months, we have been evolving the measures to keep our children safe from #COVID19. We would not be here without the hard work and cooperation of our parents, Teachers, staff and students. Thank you all!
As the virus evolves, so must our methods for prevention, containment and remediation. However, our goals remain unchanged – to continue managing the virus in sustainable ways, outlast the virus threat, and emerge stronger.
Thus far, we have implemented Full Home-based Learning (HBL) twice as part of national efforts to lower the general level of activity to mitigate the spread of the virus. However, Full HBL has its limitations and is disruptive to students, parents and teachers. It is not a sustainable option and must be our last resort.
More recently, from May to July this year, when there were confirmed cases in schools, Ministry of Education, Singapore took a more targeted approach to place entirelevels on HBL. But even with the HBL limited to specific levels, the disruption to student learning and family schedules is still quite significant. Over the past 3 months, some 100 levels across 50 schools were placed on HBL at different times and for varying time periods. This affected more than 20,000 students. Fortunately, none of them were COVID-19 positive, as all close contacts had already been swiftly placed on Leave of Absence (LOA) or Quarantined Order (QO).
With more evidence pointing to the efficacy of our previous measures and as we transit towards living with COVID-19 as an endemic situation, we will finetune measures further to minimise the disruptions while keeping our children safe.
Since early August, we have moved towards a more targeted approach which impacts a more narrowly defined group of students. This means that where possible, we will place close contacts and students from the same classes or CCA groups under LOA or QO, instead of putting the entire level on HBL. The disruptions are further minimised this way.
Going forward, we want to expand our options for less-invasive testing methods, to enable our children and families to experience even less disruptions. Testing would allow us to be much more targeted in terms of who should stay away from school, and for how long. For example, with more regular and faster testing using self-administered Antigen Rapid Tests (ART), students and staff who are tested negative can return to school earlier.
As new scientific evidence emerges and we accumulate more experience, we will further calibrate the suite of measures and apply them based on the circumstances, to keep our schools and children safe. Where necessary, we will tighten the measures, balancing the considerations for risk management with the impact of the disruptions.
Like any community space, schools are not spared from transmission risks, despite our best efforts to put classes in cohorts, and the strict enforcement of SMMs.
From May to July, 216 students from our 600,000 student population got infected, with vast majority from household transmission. 103 of the 216 were primary school students. More than half of the cases were isolated through LOA or QO even before they tested positive, which meant that no contact tracing was required in schools as these cases did not pose any risk to their schoolmates.
To continue to keep our schools safe, we will need the cooperation of families, teachers, staff and students. Families who have household members experiencing symptoms should keep their students at home, and away from schools and tuition centres where other students gather.
In schools, teachers and staff will continue to be vigilant due to the infectious nature of the current variant and send students who display even mild symptoms home.
Even so, this will not mean zero cases in schools, as long as there continues to be cases in our community. But we will do our best and remain watchful so that students can keep learning in schools.
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We are determined to do what we can to keep our children safe, based on a robust scientific approach:
- From 1 Oct, twice-weekly ART testing for non-vaccinated teachers and staff in schools will start, under the new “Vaccinate or Regular Test” regime.
- This will also apply to non-government employees who have regular contact with students aged 12 and below, including those working in tuition/enrichment centres.
The fight against COVID-19 is a contest of evolution and adaptation. It is also a test of our resilience, vigilance and cohesion. Most significantly, it is an opportunity for us to work together to exemplify for our children the values we believe in. May we emerge stronger as a nation. CCS
[: Holy Innocents' Primary School ]
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Like This Page · 12 August ·
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For the last 20 months, we have been evolving the measures to keep our children safe from #COVID19. We would not be here without the hard work and cooperation of our parents, Teachers, staff and students. Thank you all!
As the virus evolves, so must our methods for prevention, containment and remediation. However, our goals remain unchanged – to continue managing the virus in sustainable ways, outlast the virus threat, and emerge stronger.
Thus far, we have implemented Full Home-based Learning (HBL) twice as part of national efforts to lower the general level of activity to mitigate the spread of the virus. However, Full HBL has its limitations and is disruptive to students, parents and teachers. It is not a sustainable option and must be our last resort.
More recently, from May to July this year, when there were confirmed cases in schools, Ministry of Education, Singapore took a more targeted approach to place entirelevels on HBL. But even with the HBL limited to specific levels, the disruption to student learning and family schedules is still quite significant. Over the past 3 months, some 100 levels across 50 schools were placed on HBL at different times and for varying time periods. This affected more than 20,000 students. Fortunately, none of them were COVID-19 positive, as all close contacts had already been swiftly placed on Leave of Absence (LOA) or Quarantined Order (QO).
With more evidence pointing to the efficacy of our previous measures and as we transit towards living with COVID-19 as an endemic situation, we will finetune measures further to minimise the disruptions while keeping our children safe.
Since early August, we have moved towards a more targeted approach which impacts a more narrowly defined group of students. This means that where possible, we will place close contacts and students from the same classes or CCA groups under LOA or QO, instead of putting the entire level on HBL. The disruptions are further minimised this way.
Going forward, we want to expand our options for less-invasive testing methods, to enable our children and families to experience even less disruptions. Testing would allow us to be much more targeted in terms of who should stay away from school, and for how long. For example, with more regular and faster testing using self-administered Antigen Rapid Tests (ART), students and staff who are tested negative can return to school earlier.
As new scientific evidence emerges and we accumulate more experience, we will further calibrate the suite of measures and apply them based on the circumstances, to keep our schools and children safe. Where necessary, we will tighten the measures, balancing the considerations for risk management with the impact of the disruptions.
Like any community space, schools are not spared from transmission risks, despite our best efforts to put classes in cohorts, and the strict enforcement of SMMs.
From May to July, 216 students from our 600,000 student population got infected, with vast majority from household transmission. 103 of the 216 were primary school students. More than half of the cases were isolated through LOA or QO even before they tested positive, which meant that no contact tracing was required in schools as these cases did not pose any risk to their schoolmates.
To continue to keep our schools safe, we will need the cooperation of families, teachers, staff and students. Families who have household members experiencing symptoms should keep their students at home, and away from schools and tuition centres where other students gather.
In schools, teachers and staff will continue to be vigilant due to the infectious nature of the current variant and send students who display even mild symptoms home.
Even so, this will not mean zero cases in schools, as long as there continues to be cases in our community. But we will do our best and remain watchful so that students can keep learning in schools.
?
We are determined to do what we can to keep our children safe, based on a robust scientific approach:
- From 1 Oct, twice-weekly ART testing for non-vaccinated teachers and staff in schools will start, under the new “Vaccinate or Regular Test” regime.
- This will also apply to non-government employees who have regular contact with students aged 12 and below, including those working in tuition/enrichment centres.
The fight against COVID-19 is a contest of evolution and adaptation. It is also a test of our resilience, vigilance and cohesion. Most significantly, it is an opportunity for us to work together to exemplify for our children the values we believe in. May we emerge stronger as a nation. CCS
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He may be asking her if the next PM should be him.
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Chan Chun Sing
4 hrs·Across the world, and in Singapore, there is a heightened sense of anxiety about the future. From technological disruptions to geopolitical uncertainty and increasingly diverse aspirations among our population, we are facing new and complex challenges.
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For youths, they wonder if their potential and aspirations can be realised in a hyper-connected and hyper-competitive world.
For the older, middle aged Singaporeans, they are concerned at being displaced by technology and global competition and wonder if they still have a place in our society.
For those from less privileged backgrounds, even if their lives are improving gradually, they worry about being left behind, relatively. And they worry if their children can catch up with the rest.
The answer to whether Singapore can overcome the odds and thrive is – YES. But only if we understand the challenges that we face, be honest with ourselves about the choices we have, and have courage and conviction to find solutions for ourselves.
At the Social-Economic Nexus Speaking Engagement Series today, I outlined the nature of the key challenges we face, and how we can exercise agency and make bold economic and education choices to secure our future. This entails:
- Creating new dimensions of connectivity
- Seizing growth opportunities that are harder to displace
- Building a global talent network
- Sustaining and creating a wide range of jobs
- Building capacity for lifelong education and training
- Ensuring a strong start in education in early childhood
- Building diversity in our schools
- Levelling up the disadvantaged
Read more in my speech here:
https://www.moe.gov.sg/…/20210816-speech-by-minister-for-ed…
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Keechiu visited Northlight School.
Visited a cinema, games arcade, supermarket, retail store, hotel, and bakery all in one morning!
Students at NorthLight School (Official) enjoy an immersive education where hands-on learning in simulated surroundings is part of their daily experience. From Benecia and Raziq who showed me around the Shine Hotel on campus, to Siti and Huda who manage the supermarket, I can see the confidence instilled in them from running operations and being part of work teams. Tried my hand at making fried rice in Northlight’s kitchen under the guidance of Wei Min !
Many of the students go for industry internships, including at hotels such as The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore and Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, which gives them a first-hand experience of actual work environments, and help them with subsequent employment.
To ensure that students are future-ready and pick up knowledge that are current and relevant, Northlight has been actively incorporating new technology in their programmes, such as teaching the students to operate automated service robots.
Applied learning steeped in real-life experience is increasingly important as our students navigate fast-changing work environments. I am confident that our students’ time at Northlight will place them in good stead. CCS
Chan Chun Sing added 9 new photos to the album Visit to Northlight School.
1 hr·Visited a cinema, games arcade, supermarket, retail store, hotel, and bakery all in one morning!
Students at NorthLight School (Official) enjoy an immersive education where hands-on learning in simulated surroundings is part of their daily experience. From Benecia and Raziq who showed me around the Shine Hotel on campus, to Siti and Huda who manage the supermarket, I can see the confidence instilled in them from running operations and being part of work teams. Tried my hand at making fried rice in Northlight’s kitchen under the guidance of Wei Min !
Many of the students go for industry internships, including at hotels such as The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore and Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, which gives them a first-hand experience of actual work environments, and help them with subsequent employment.
To ensure that students are future-ready and pick up knowledge that are current and relevant, Northlight has been actively incorporating new technology in their programmes, such as teaching the students to operate automated service robots.
Applied learning steeped in real-life experience is increasingly important as our students navigate fast-changing work environments. I am confident that our students’ time at Northlight will place them in good stead. CCS
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