Education Programs & Initiatives news in Padang Awam

1. Tamil workshop draws 50 students at National Library

   13 hours ago Tamil Murasu National Library Board, Singapore 37.7 km

   A Tamil language workshop, 'Tamil is Beautiful!', was held on Friday (September 11) at the National Library Board premises in Singapore. Organised by Tamil Aruvi Learning Resources, it drew about 50 primary and secondary students. For the first time, students who do not speak Tamil at home and those with non-Tamil parents took part.

2. All PCF Sparkletots preschools to offer three mother tongues from 2027

   2 days ago Tamil Murasu One Punggol, Singapore 35.4 km

   Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong announced that all PCF Sparkletots preschools will offer Chinese, Malay and Tamil from 2027, expanding mother-tongue learning across 350 centres nationwide. He said nearly 40,000 children will benefit, speaking at an event at One Punggol.

3. Third MOE Outdoor Adventure School campus opens on Kusu Island

   3 days ago Tamil Murasu Koni Island, Singapore 32.4 km

   A new 12-hectare campus of Singapore's Outdoor Adventure School (OBS) was officially opened on Kusu Island on Friday. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong opened the site, the school's third branch after Pulau Ubin and East Coast. By 2030 all secondary school students are to attend an outdoor adventure camp.

4. OBS opens largest campus on Coney Island with wheelchair-accessible elements

   3 days ago The Straits Times Coney Island, Singapore 37.2 km

   Outward Bound Singapore opened its largest campus on Coney Island on Sept 11, featuring over 70 high-adventure elements including wheelchair-accessible ones. The 12-ha site, opened by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, will let OBS accommodate the entire Secondary 3 cohort by 2030. The $250 million project was first announced in 2016 and faced delays.