The education industry is involved in helping the younger generation acquire new skills, knowledge and ideals. These areas are crucial to shape the beliefs and capabilities of the new generation.
Examples pertinent to Singapore:
Mr Ho Kwon Ping, founding Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, an international hospitality business, founding Chairman of Singapore Management University, former journalist at the Far Eastern Economic Review, has worn many hats over the course of his long and illustrious career. It was, though, not always so smooth and successful a ride. Mr Ho has had many run-ins with the authorities: first at Stanford University in America while he was an undergraduate, then during his National Service and later under the Internal Security Act while studying at the National University of Singapore as an undergraduate again, having left Stanford after his run-in with the authorities. In all these occasions, Mr Ho’s conviction to speak truth to power prevailed…
By Chang Zhun Lyn and Luo Dan Irwin See, a former junior college teacher, started Irwin’s Study, a tuition centre with heart and purpose, in 2009. 9 years on, not …
By Ryan Tan and Denzel Chen In the age of Big Data, few of us get a glimpse of how information is being crunched beyond the digital space, but many …
By Reyna Mae Corrales Mila Ariel is an English teacher at the enrichment centre, The Write Connection. Since as early as she can remember, she has always been passionate about …
By Junhao Teow Stanley sees himself as an ‘edupreneur’ – an entrepreneur in the business of education. He is the founder and director of Cialfo, which has become Singapore’s leading …
By Reyna Mae Corrales Louis Tay is the Assistant Production Manager at Star Publishing, an education publishing house specialising in textbooks and workbooks for primary and secondary school education, who …
By Brendan Loon Professor Eduardo Araral is currently Vice-Dean (Research) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP). He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Public …
Melanie Tan is currently the Programme Manager at IDEAS Hub Dover in United World College Southeast Asia (UWC SEA) Dover. The IDEAS Hub seeks to inspires and supports students and …
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