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 Scholarships
 Jardine Scholarship Awards For Singapore 2001
The
Jardine Scholarships
2001 Lee Kuan Yew
Scholarships
Lee Kuan Yew Scholarships
NTUC Income Scholarships
2001
Applications for the NTUC Income Scholarships are
now open.
Rhodes Scholarship For Singapore 2001
The Rhodes
Scholarship
2000/2001 Raffles Scholars
Raffles scholarship is now known as Chevening scholarship. Each of its
2002 scholarships is worth between GBP10,000 (S$27,000) and GBP15,000 but
some recipeints will get up to GBP25,000, depending on the nature of their
course. 13 out of 100 applicants received the 2002 scholarship, awarded by
the British Government's Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and several
corporate sponsors from Britain and Singapore.
Here is the list of 2000/2001 Raffles Scholars;
also scholarship application contact details.
News Snippets
2006
2005
LASALLE-SIA to launch scholarship for acting & musical theatre
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"The Veda Mekani Scholarship for Acting and
Musical Theatre will be launched on 28 October 05 at The Arts House. For
the occasion, LASALLE-SIA will be presenting the first public
performance by its pioneer cohort of BA (Hons) Musical Theatre students... |
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"In this cabaret-style presentation, students
will perform a range of songs from the early classic animated features
including Snow White, Dumbo and Pinocchio, and through to the recent
masterworks like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid
and Toy Story..." |
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Earlier Years
Education
- Keeping pace with the needs of tomorrow: Excerpt of Minister for
Education and 2nd Minister for Defence RADM (NS) TEO Chee Hean's speech
2002
PSC Scholarships: Excerpt of DPM LEE Hsien Loong's speech
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statutory boards have banded together to give out a new
scholarship - the Firefly scholarship - in an attempt to
attract more talent. The scholarship allows applicants to try for
a place at any of the seven, through just one application instead
of applying separately. The scholarship holders, while attached to
a parent agency, would also be allowed to do a stint - typically
two to three years - at any local or international office of a
Firefly member. The members, all under the Trade and Industry
Ministry, are: Economic Development Board, JTC Corporation,
A*Star, Spring Singapore, Singapore Tourism Board, International
Enterprise Singapore and the Energy Market Authority. The Firefly
will give out 27 scholarships to the first batch of winners today.
(Straits Times
5 Aug 2002) (6) |
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The
Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) is offering 15 new
two-year scholarships worth S$2,000 each to junior college
students with no strings attached. Students who are
Singaporean citizens or permanent residents and have an aggregate
of six points or less in the O-level examinations are eligible for
it. Online applications for the DSTA scholarship at www.dsta.gov.sg
open on Monday and close on July 31. (Straits
Times 12 Jul 2002) (H5) |
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National
swimmer THUM Ping Tjin, 22, has become Singapore's 21st Rhodes
scholar. He will read modern history and politics at Oxford
University in Britain. The GBP9,000 (S$23,500) scholarship
scholarship covers tuition fees, accommodation costs and book
allowances. THUM already holds a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude
from Harvard. (Straits
Times 3 Jun 2002) (H9) |
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The
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is trying to raise S$2
million to set up a professorship and scholarship in honour of the
late Cabinet minister and sportsman Eddie Barker. It plans to
use the money to sponsor top researchers and athletes in the field
of physical education and sports science. Singapore Pools has
already given S$1 million to the cause. (Straits
Times 10 Apr 2002) (H3) |
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Singapore
Technologies, a tech-based government-linked company, is offering
science and engineering whizkids scholarships of between S$24,000
and S$60,000 a year to pursue Masters and doctoral degrees - and
without any bond. The awards, to be given out this year, are for
two to five years. Foreigners can also apply, but all research has
to be carried out at Singapore universities. About 30 scholarships
will be handed out yearly. (Straits
Times 22 Feb 2002)(8) |
2001
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Local
media conglomerate Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has given out 27
scholarships, the largest number it has awarded in a year since it
started doing so in 1987. 25 scholarships were handed out in 2000
and 22 in 1999. (Straits Times 8 Jun 2001)
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2000
Government scholarships here to stay: DPM Lee
Government scholarships are
here to stay. The fundamental reasons for which they were set up in the
1960s and 1970s are still valid today, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong said yesterday when he presented the Public Service Commission (PSC)
scholarships at the Mandarin Hotel. He dismissed suggestions that loans
or grants be given instead, or that scholarships be given on the basis
of need. The award, he said, should reflect the meritocratic values
underpinning Singapore. The awards are a great "equaliser", he
said, rewarding students for their hard work and ability, no matter what
their family background. Because they will be studying at taxpayers'
expense, they therefore have a moral obligation to serve out their
bonds. So, it is wrong for students to plan to break their bonds even
before starting on their studies, as 11 students had said they would.
On Scholarship holders breaking bonds
The Public Service
Commission (PSC), Public Service Division and 20 statutory boards, in a
joint statement to The Straits Times on 20 Jul 2000, urged the 11
scholarship holders who intend to break their bonds to come out in the
open and identify themselves. The statement said that by choosing to
remain anonymous, "these 11 persons have cast an unjust cloud over
the integrity of many other scholars".
Wrong for students to accept scholarship if they wanted to break bond
Statutory boards and
government-linked companies should re-look their scholarship schemes and
find a solution to the recent controversy over scholarship bond-breakers,
Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said on 19 Jul 2000 in a student symposium
organised by the Singapore International Foundation. A student asked Dr
Tan if he thought the system of awarding scholarships with bonds should be
reviewed. Noting that he had expected the question, Dr Tan said it was
wrong for students to accept a scholarship if they intended to break their
bonds. It was Dr Tan who last year suggested replacing government
scholarships with tuition loans. The matter was laid to rest when Prime
Minister Goh Chok Tong later told Parliament that he did not favour this
idea and said government scholarships were here to stay.
Ministry of Education to review teachers' pay and career structure
The Ministry of
Education (MOE) is engaging a consultant to review teachers' pay and
career structure. The review is expected to be completed in six to nine
months' time. These moves are being made to attract young talent to
replace the 3500 teachers expected to retire in the next five years.
Education Minister Teo Chee Hean announced this at the 2nd Teaching
Scholarships Presentation Ceremony on 15 Jul 2000.
PSC's response to Scholarship holders breaking bonds
Scholarship holders
planning to break their bonds should do the right thing and give up their
scholarships now, before going to university "under false
pretenses". The Public Service Commission, Public Service Division
and 20 statutory boards sent a joint statement to The Straits Times on 11
Jul 2000 in response to a report in The Sunday Times headlined "We'll
break bonds, say 11 scholarship holders".
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