ST SMART PARENTING
Bridging a wide age gap between siblings
While older siblings can help care for younger ones, parents must be careful not to place too much burden on them.
FUN WITH KIDS
Fun With Kids: Mother’s Day cakes, free booths for child entrepreneurs at charity market
Make family time all the more special with these ideas and activities.
PSLE
askST: How to prepare my child for PSLE
One mistake pupils commonly make is failing to read questions carefully.
PSLE results: Those who didn’t get into integrated programme can still do well in IP junior colleges
Students from the O-level track who go to IP JCs can do as well as their IP peers at A levels.
A birth defect made writing a struggle. Then he took the PSLE
He said he is happy that he got into posting group 3.
Preparing for P1
Preparing for Primary 1: Tips for kids who grew up during the pandemic
Manage the Primary 1 transition better with these seven strategies from experts and parents.
Parenting
The Silent Years: From chatty to sullen – why teens clam up and what parents can do about it
How can you make the first move when your teen doesn't talk?
Pre-school
Is it ever worth it to take your toddler on holiday?
My daughter’s tantrum caused me to miss out on Korean barbecue pork belly in Seoul, but I learnt a valuable parenting lesson.
More mother tongue language learning for children at two new MOE-run pre-schools from 2025
K1 children at the Hougang and Elias Park kindergartens will get an extra half hour of MTL activities daily.
Choosing a pre-school shouldn’t be this difficult
Selecting a place for our kids requires study, knowing your child, and a bit of luck.
Primary school
Will you recognise the signs if your 10-year-old is troubled?
Children as young as seven are afraid to share their mental health struggles for fear of being scolded.
Gifted programme offers deeper learning, but kids can still excel outside of it
With the GEP results out soon, educators share tips for parents whose kids are not selected.
Secondary School
How the new SEC exams, which replace O- and N-levels, will affect your child
Upcoming changes in the national exam will affect current Secondary 1 students.
Secondary school students to have one common national exam period from 2027
With the change, students will have one written exam sitting for mother tongue language.
JC/Poly/ITE
Junior college or poly? How to guide your child to pick the right path
Consider a child's interests and strengths, and the way he learns best, say educators.
Dropping out of medical school? Deciding on poly or JC? Exam stress? A Reddit forum can help
An online and youth-run forum has become the de facto place for discussing student life in Singapore.
University
NUS and NTU top Asian universities in subject rankings again
NTU had 10 subjects while NUS had 19 in the top 10 lists in QS World University Rankings by Subject.
askST: What do you need to apply for the new University of the Arts? What are the career prospects?
Applications for the University of the Arts will close on March 31.
