By singcitizen, on October 7th, 2009

A novel targeting secondary students and set in a Singapore secondary school has been launched. Entitled Mystery of the Battle Box, the novel is about three schoolmates — two of whom are cousins — teaming up to solve a mystery about hidden treasure in an underground bunker which was built during World War Two.
The teenagers stumble [...]
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By singcitizen, on October 14th, 2002

Another batch of literature students will be sitting for the subject at O level in early December 2002. This year’s batch of candidates is expected to be less than a quarter of the cohort of O-level students here.
Lately, there has been some interest in the dwindling number of literature students. A working group for the [...]
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By singcitizen, on April 29th, 2002

In my Free English Lessons section on this website, I commented on the declining standard of English here. I said that the true English-speaking generation of students, which grew up in the seventies, and have become English teachers are now in their forties. These are the ones who are proficient in English. I also commented [...]
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