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MOE to Launch AI Essay Marking System for Chinese Language in Secondary Schools
Singapore's Ministry of Education is quietly building one of the most practical deployments of AI in the classroom yet — an automated essay marking system that handles the tedious grunt work of grading Chinese language compositions, freeing teachers to focus on what only humans can do: guide.
Learn to Struggle with AI: Singapore Educators Push Back Against Cognitive Decline
Singapore's embrace of AI in the classroom has been swift and comprehensive — but a quieter second wave of the debate is now taking hold, one that asks not whether students can use AI, but whether they should.
How to Use AI Without Losing the Ability to Think: A Singapore Student Guide to Smarter Prompting
As AI tools become ubiquitous in Singapore classrooms and lecture halls, the conversation is shifting from whether students should use them to how they should use them — and a new guide from The Straits Times offers a practical framework for turning ChatGPT and its cousins from answer machines into.
NUS Launches Southeast Asia's First Conversational AI Platform for Academic Research
The National University of Singapore unveiled AI Sense Maker, a conversational AI research platform that lets students and academics search digitised materials using natural language instead of keywords. Launching August 20 with 150,000 digitised materials from ScholarBank research papers and rare Special Collections, it is the first such deployment at a Southeast Asian university.
Singapore Polytechnic Launches TIA-Ready Framework to Help Companies Manage Industrial AI Risks
Singapore Polytechnic becomes founding training partner for AutomationSG's TIA-Ready framework, helping companies assess industrial AI risks and build governance incrementally. The staged approach lets businesses start small — one use case at a time — before expanding AI across operations.
NUS Launches AI Sense Maker Chatbot to Unlock 150,000 Rare Collections and Research Papers
Singapore's oldest university is betting that AI can solve one of academia's most persistent problems: finding the right source material in a sea of digitised knowledge. The National University of Singapore has launched AI Sense Maker, an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI's GPT 4.1 and retrieval-augmented...
Indonesia and Singapore Renew Education Partnership With AI and Digital Learning at the Core
Indonesia and Singapore are strengthening their education partnership with a renewed focus on AI and digital learning, updating a bilateral MoU first signed in 2017. Indonesian Minister Abdul Mu'ti highlighted AI-enabled distance learning as a tool to reach 50 million students across the archipelago.
Singapore Schools Need to Teach AI-Era Soft Skills Like Discernment, Says MOS Jasmin Lau
As AI tools become deeply embedded in Singapore's classrooms and workplaces, the question shifts from whether students can use AI to whether they can thrive alongside it. Minister of State for Education Jasmin Lau put that tension into sharp focus at a July 26 public engagement session, arguing that skills...
NTU's AI Ambassador Hailey Sparks Backlash at Convocation Ceremony
A TikTok clip of NTU's AI ambassador Hailey at convocation has drawn swift backlash, with students and netizens questioning whether a GenAI persona belongs at one of university life's most human moments. The controversy reflects broader tensions around Singapore's accelerating AI adoption.
NTUC Partners Digital Defence Alliance to Train 10,000 Workers in AI and Cybersecurity
Singapore's workforce upskilling push is getting a significant boost from an unusual alliance. The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has partnered with the Digital Defence Alliance Singapore (DDAS) — a ground-up organisation focused on strengthening the city-state's digital defence pillar — to equip more...
Singapore Pushes AI and STEM as Pillars of ASEAN's New Five-Year Education Plan
Singapore has placed artificial intelligence, STEM education, and holistic student development at the centre of ASEAN's 2026-2030 education work plan, as Education Minister Desmond Lee calls for curricula to adapt before AI's full impact unfolds.
Singapore Polytechnic Launches AI-Focused Workforce Transformation Platform for SMEs
Singapore Polytechnic has launched the Human Capital Collaboratory, a platform to help SMEs redesign workflows, build AI capabilities, and develop fair workplace practices. The initiative targets the gap between AI adoption intent and execution for small and medium enterprises, which employ roughly two-thirds of Singapore's workforce.