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Initially named the Outward Bound School of Singapore, it was founded by then Minister of the Interior and Defence, Goh Keng Swee at Pulau Ubin in Singapore in 1967. [2] OBSS was initially managed by the People's Association (PA) before the Ministry of the Interior and Defence took over to use it as a facility to prepare young men for compulsory national service.
Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) was established in 1967 at Pulau Ubin, by Dr Goh Keng Swee, while the National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) opened its 25-hectare site camp located between Kampung Bahru and Kampung Noordin. [10] The camp is called Camp Resilience where Secondary 2 and 3 NPCC cadets have a 3-day 2 night stay for training.
Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organisations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt in 1941 based on the educational principles of Kurt Hahn. Today there are organisations, called schools, in over 35 countries which are attended by more than 150,000 people each year.
In 1984 he visited Outward Bound Schools in Singapore, Malaysia, England, Wales, Scotland and 3 schools in the US, bringing back new ideas to New Zealand. For two years (1988–89) he ran an experimental youth at risk programme for young people at the Arapaepae Outdoor Pursuits Centre for offenders labelled as 'designed for maximum security ...
Most secondary schools in Singapore offer a four-year Express course (Special course for Special Assistance Plan schools) or a five-year course leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level. [1] Some schools offer the six-year Integrated Programme, which lead to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level or International Baccalaureate ...
The third semester at NUS Business School starts with several activities - a multi-day Orientation and a two-day team-building session at Outward Bound Singapore, as well as the NUS Orientation Graduation Dinner. In this semester students are able to select elective courses, allowing them to specialize (although both degrees given under S³ ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S. criminal ...
OBS - Outward Bound Singapore; OCBC - Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation; OCR - Outside of Central Region; OCS - Officer Cadet School (Singapore) OFS - Overseas Family School; OPSS - Orchid Park Secondary School; ORD - Operationally Ready Date, refers to the date on which a National Serviceman completes his 2-year term of service. OSS - Outram ...