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2 April – Joseph Schooling, who won Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal, retires from swimming at 28. [25]15 April – Lee Hsien Loong announces his resignation as the Prime Minister of Singapore effective on 15 May 2024, paving the way for the assumption of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong as the next Prime Minister of Singapore.
CP: For education institutions, events like the National School Games have resumed, with more to come like the Singapore Youth Festival. Gradual relaxation of rules in learning will be done, with masking relaxed for those with higher support needs for language and literacy lessons, as well as re-establishing connections with overseas peers and ...
To optimise the use of resources, schools may merge and be relocated. Such merger of schools may sometimes allow for a greater exchange of expertise and policies to provide a higher quality of education, as was the case of the merger of Ang Mo Kio North Primary School, Li Hua Primary School and Hong Dao Primary School.
Education has always represented an area of focus for Singapore since its independence in 1965. Its emphasis on education partly reflects Singapore's virtual lack of natural resources and Singapore's need to develop its human resource and manpower capability in its continuing quest to build a knowledge-based economy.
The SINDA Headquarters at 1 Beatty Road. The Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) is a charity for the Singaporean Indian community. Set up to focus on educational and socio-economic matters, its mission is to “build a well-educated, resilient and confident community of Indians that stands together with other communities in contributing to the progress of multi-racial Singapore”.
Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board; Singapore Institute of Management; Singapore Institute of Technology; Singapore Management University; Singapore math; Singapore Mathematical Olympiad; Singapore Media Academy; Singapore National Youth Orchestra; Singapore Polytechnic; Singapore Teachers' Union; Singapore University of Social Sciences
30 January – Ng Hark Seng, former chairman of E-Bridge Pre-school and figure in Singapore’s early childhood education industry (b. 1948). [38] 1 February – Chan Kong Thoe, Singapore’s first kidney transplant surgeon (b. 1930). [39] 3 February – Lim Tze Peng, artist and Cultural Medallion recipient (b. 1921). [40]
Below is a list of schools offering a two or three-year pre-university education in Singapore, along with the special programmes offered by the schools.The year of establishment in this article reflects the year in which the pre-university programme is implemented, particularly for the Integrated Programme High Schools.