studyfic on May 19th, 2010

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Education Minister Ng Eng Hen have reassured Singaporeans opposed to the move that the weightage of mother tongue in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) will not be lowered. Bilingualism remains as important as ever, but what will change is how mother tongue languages are taught and examined, they [...]

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studyfic on May 5th, 2010

The growing desire to study overseas is a result of ample family incomes and an appreciation of the Chinese yuan, as well as an inefficient Chinese higher education system, educators and parents have said. About 1.4 million people globally took part in the IELTS examination last year, among whom 300,000 were Chinese – 40,000 more [...]

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