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A software that will be installed in students learning devices will capture data on their online activities such as Web search history, but it does not track personal information like location, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said yesterday in response to privacy concerns.
The device management application (DMA), which lets schools manage students usage of tablets or laptops used for learning, will not keep tabs on details like their identification numbers or passwords.
Mr Aaron Loh, divisional director of MOE s educational technology division, gave this assurance in response to criticism that the DMA would infringe on students privacy and freedom.
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21 Jan 2021 11:46AM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: The posting results for the 2021 Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) will be released at 9am on Jan 28, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday (Jan 21).
Students can obtain their posting results through the JAE Internet System or SMS.
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Students who are posted to a junior college (JC) or Millennia Institute should report to these institutions at 7.30am on Jan 29.
Those who are unable to report to their posted institutions on the first day of school due to valid reasons may contact the school directly to confirm and reserve their placement, said MOE.
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O-Level results: 85.4% score at least 5 passes, up from previous year
About 85.4 per cent of students scored at least five passes at the 2020 GCE O-Level examinations, just above the previous year’s record of 85.2 per cent. Tan Si Hui reports. 2 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.
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SINGAPORE: About 85.4 per cent of students scored at least five passes at the 2020 GCE O-Level examinations, just above the previous year’s record of 85.2 per cent.
Of the 23,688 candidates who sat for the examinations last year, 20,220 had five or more O-Level passes, according to results released by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) on Monday (Jan 11).
SINGAPORE - Students who sat the O-level examinations from June last year while in the midst of a global pandemic saw marginal improvement from the previous year, with 85.4 per cent of the cohort attaining five or more passes.
With this, the class of 2020 secured the best showing at the national exam in at least three decades despite lockdowns and school closures.
The O-level results have been on an upward trajectory over the last few years.
In 2019, 85.2 per cent secured five or more passes, up 0.4 percentage points from the previous year.
In 2017, the figure was 83.4 per cent, and in 2016, it was 84.3 per cent.