As much as I would like today’s post title to be a joke, a recent Reuters article shows that it’s not. A portion of Singapore’s current and next-generation leaders have, without doubt, been groomed since they were in primary school. But is this really any different to the selection mechanisms in certain developed countries such […]

The post title may be too long, but the scholarship money involved in what we’ll be talking about is no joke. For a mere US$10 entry fee, kids under 18 could snatch US$20,000 college scholarships for each individual division (e.g. gafftop, sheepshead, etc.) they win in their age bracket at the 2006 CCA Texas/STAR Fishing […]

At the Kyoto Symposium Organization’s most recent benefit gala, three American and three Mexican students were presented with the 2006-2007 Kyoto Scholarships. The scholarships were awarded based on the annual Kyoto Prize categories, i.e. Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, as well as Arts and Philosophy.
Each scholarship is valued at US$10,000, and was awarded based on an […]

It’s about time for a break from our traditional fare, i.e. scholarships. So, let’s talk about Coventry University’s recent addition to its graduate course range: a Masters of Science in Parapsychology.
According to the director of the new course over at the UK university, the programme will allow students to study “…strange phenomena ranging from ghostly […]

Yet again, the Higher Education Ministry is announcing (previous announcement here) that good grades are not the only criterion for students to be awarded Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) scholarships.
They state again that a variety of factors were taken into account when JPA awarded its overseas scholarships to SPM leavers recently. Among the factors are strong […]

So, we have it again. Another top student without a JPA scholarship. Yeo Chin Hooi, the son of a lorry driver and a factory worker, failed to get a JPA scholarship even though he scored 15 A1s for his SPM.
However, the “problem” is that he actually took 17 subjects, and scored an A2 in […]

Well, by now, quite a large number (if not all) of you would probably have received your JPA scholarship results. It’s either a yes or a no, and if yes, you’d probably be informed of your future country of study as well.
For those that were successful, congratulations. Now is the time to feel relieved that […]

In an effort to ensure that Malaysian undergraduates come out of university with sufficent command of the English language, the Higher Education Ministry has made it mandatory for undergrads who are weak in English to undergo extra English classes from this year onwards.
While the implementation of the extra classes is still in the works, the […]