More than 300 students and members of the public attended the opening ceremony of the Inaugural National Tertiary Chinese Reading Festival 2019 on Friday, 8 November. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Chairperson of the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning, Ms Low Yen Ling, was the Guest-of-Honour.

In line with the Ministry of Education (MOE)’s continuing efforts to support students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), MOE will: ensure our mainstream schools remain inclusive by extending two peer support intervention programmes for students with SEN to all mainstream schools; improve affordability of Special Education (SPED) by working closely with SPED schools to keep fees affordable; and further increase accessibility of SPED schools by working with Social Service Agencies (SSAs) to set up three new Government-funded SPED schools.

Let these photos from our educators and young student photographers feed your curiosity, stir your imagination and spark joy about school! From now till the 30 Nov, visit the Our Schools, Our Stories photo exhibition at Tampines, block 151 (Opposite Century Square).

At an engagement session with the Malay performing arts groups, SPS Faishal shared enhancements to the Cultural Performance Exposure Fund (CPEF). These include extending the fund to students from Institutes of Higher Learning offering Malay Language programmes and providing additional funding to schools that offer the Malay Language Elective Programme.

Express your appreciation for an outstanding young educator today by submitting your nomination here: go.gov.sg/oyea2020. Nomination closes on Tuesday, 7 January 2020.