4 Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) what is the total value of the festive grant for 2023 contributed by the Lee Foundation that will be disbursed to ComCare recipients; (b) what are the qualifying criteria for receiving the grant; (c) how many recipients have benefitted from the grant; and (d) inContinue reading “TOTAL VALUE OF FESTIVE GRANT FOR 2023 CONTRIBUTED BY LEE FOUNDATION AND DISBURSED TO COMCARE RECIPIENTS”
Category Archives: Education, Inequality, Cost of Living
CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONVERTING SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS TO CO-ED SCHOOLS AND FOR RELOCATING SCHOOLS
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Education (a) whether the Ministry has plans to relocate schools other than Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) that are currently located in higher income neighbourhoods like Bukit Timah to the HDB heartlands; and (b) what are the Ministry’s consideration in deciding to relocate schools. Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the MinisterContinue reading “CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONVERTING SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS TO CO-ED SCHOOLS AND FOR RELOCATING SCHOOLS”
MANDATORY UNIT PRICING FOR ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS IN SUPERMARKET AND GROCERY STORE CHAINS
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Trade and Industry whether the Ministry will consider implementing mandatory unit pricing for necessary food items in supermarket and grocery store chains to promote price transparency and as a check against shrinkflation. Mr Gan Kim Yong: The Price Kaki app, developed by the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), allows consumersContinue reading “MANDATORY UNIT PRICING FOR ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS IN SUPERMARKET AND GROCERY STORE CHAINS”
ELIGIBLE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS USING EDUSAVE TO PURCHASE PERSONAL LEARNING DEVICES
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Education what is the percentage of eligible secondary school students who have used Edusave to purchase their personal learning device since the introduction of the National Digital Literacy Programme. Mr Chan Chun Sing: About 95% of Singapore Citizen (SC) students at secondary schools have tapped on their Edusave accounts toContinue reading “ELIGIBLE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS USING EDUSAVE TO PURCHASE PERSONAL LEARNING DEVICES”
REVIEW OF ALLOWANCES FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICEMEN GIVEN INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Defence whether there has been any consideration towards raising the allowances for full-time National Servicemen in view of inflationary pressures and increases in the cost of living. The Senior Minister of State for Defence (Mr Heng Chee How) (for the Minister for Defence): Sir, full-time National Servicemen (NSFs)Continue reading “REVIEW OF ALLOWANCES FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICEMEN GIVEN INFLATIONARY PRESSURES”
SPENDING BY HOUSEHOLDS ON TUITION AND ENRICHMENT CLASSES FOR CHILDREN
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Education whether the Ministry will consider doing a study on the average out-of-pocket spending by households on tuition and enrichment classes for children, broken down by income decile, to better understand the demand for and effects of the private tuition industry by income segment. Mr Chan Chun Sing: MOE doesContinue reading “SPENDING BY HOUSEHOLDS ON TUITION AND ENRICHMENT CLASSES FOR CHILDREN”
REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY INCOME THRESHOLD FOR TERTIARY TUITION FEE SUBSIDY SCHEME GIVEN COST-OF-LIVING INFLATION
Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap asked the Minister for Social and Family Development and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs whether there is a plan to perform a review of the eligibility income threshold for the Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy scheme in light of the cost-of-living inflation. Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: The Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS)Continue reading “REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY INCOME THRESHOLD FOR TERTIARY TUITION FEE SUBSIDY SCHEME GIVEN COST-OF-LIVING INFLATION”
REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY INCOME THRESHOLD FOR MUIS’ FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME
Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap asked the Minister for Social and Family Development and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs with regard to the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore’s (MUIS) financial assistance scheme (a) when was the eligibility income threshold last reviewed; and (b) whether there are plans to review again, in light of the inflation in costsContinue reading “REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY INCOME THRESHOLD FOR MUIS’ FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME”
GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO WORK WITH LOCAL SMES
Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) whether the Government administers any scholarships aimed at encouraging students to work with local SMEs; and (b) if not, what is the rationale for ending the administration of such scholarships. Mr Gan Kim Yong: The Government partners sponsoring companies, including local SMEs, to award the Singapore-Industry ScholarshipsContinue reading “GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO WORK WITH LOCAL SMES”
INCLUSION OF DYSLEXIA-FRIENDLY FONT AND FEATURES AS TEXTS IN SCHOOLS
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Education whether the Ministry has considered using dyslexia-friendly font and features in schools for such texts to be inclusive for students on the dyslexia spectrum. Mr Chan Chun Sing: Students with dyslexia have difficulties matching language sounds to print. However, dyslexia is not a visual problem that can be addressed byContinue reading “INCLUSION OF DYSLEXIA-FRIENDLY FONT AND FEATURES AS TEXTS IN SCHOOLS”
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