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SINGAPORE — Desperate to get into a local university to satisfy his mother, Kieffer Tay Kai Xian altered his polytechnic transcript and submitted the forged documents on two occasions to SIM University. When it was renamed the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) in 2017, as part of its restructure into the country’s sixth autonomous university, Tay applied once more with a doctored transcript. But his lawyer said that he was “under an immense level of stress” from his mother at the time, who allegedly kicked him out of their home for not getting into university. Tay, now 24 years old, was ordered to pay a fine of S$5,500 in a district court on Thursday (Dec 19). He is currently finishing his bachelor’s degree at SIM Global Education in association with the University of Birmingham. He pleaded guilty to one forgery charge, with three others taken into consideration for sentencing. The court heard that he submitted the forged polytechnic certificates from 2016 to 2017 On one occasion, he changed his cumulative grade point average from 1.76 to 2.76 on his Temasek Polytechnic transcript. He thought this would increase his chances of getting into a finance course at SIM University. After submitting the transcript, the university management found that it was doctored and rejected his application. However, he persisted in applying there. In March this year, a management executive at SUSS made a police report, stating that Tay had repeatedly submitted doctored polytechnic certificates in order to gain admission. In mitigation on Thursday, Tay’s lawyer Jeffrey Soh asked for probation to be imposed. Mr Soh described Tay, the only child in his family, as “constantly under his mother’s radar”. “The mother’s intentions in his studies are both altruistic and… worldly at the same time. She must keep up appearances in every way, from the house they live in and the car they drive to the places that they go on holidays,” Mr Soh said. The lawyer also claimed that she has verbally and physically abused Tay and his father for many years. When Tay did poorly in his polytechnic studies, she continuously criticised him for his failures to get good enough grades to get into a “respectable local university”, Mr Soh added. Tay’s father submitted a statutory declaration to the court, where he said his wife was a “very face conscious person” and was frequently violent towards them. “She wanted my son to get into a university partly for his future, but mostly for her to have face in front of friends and relatives,” the elder Tay wrote. In response to Mr Soh, Deputy Public Prosecutor R Arvindren said that Tay should not get probation as he had committed the offences after turning 21. “The reason we had proceeded to charge him in court was due to his repeated forgery actions. This is also not a case where the prosecution is submitting for imprisonment, where the criminal sanctions are much more severe,” the prosecutor added. District Judge Samuel Chua told the father, who was present in court without his wife, that he has arranged for a court counsellor to assist them in improving their relationships. For forgery, Tay could have been jailed up to four years, fined or both.

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hmmmmmmm sth brewing? @tianmo https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/a-level-results-students-apply-polytechnic-skip-semester-courses-11245456 Singapore A-Level results out next Friday; graduates who opt for polytechnics can skip semester image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== File photo of students at Singapore Polytechnic. (Photo: TODAY) 15 Feb 2019 11:22AM (Updated: 15 Feb 2019 12:21PM) Share this content BookmarkSINGAPORE: The results of the GCE A-Level examinations will be released next Friday (Feb 22), the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Friday. Students may collect their results from their schools from 2.30pm on that day, while private candidates will be notified of their results by post. The ministry also announced on Friday that A-Level graduates who choose to further their studies at polytechnics can now skip the first semester for more than 100 courses. Currently, most A-Level graduates apply for and enrol in a polytechnic only one year after getting their results. This is because most polytechnic admissions exercises would have closed by the time the A-Level results are announced. READ: O-Level grades will no longer form part of admission scores for Poly grads applying to NUS, NTU from 2020From Academic Year 2019, eligible A-Level graduates can be admitted directly to Year 1 Semester 2 each October for 110 polytechnic courses, up from the current nine. This will reduce their polytechnic course from three years to two-and-a-half years. Advertisement The 110 courses make up about half the diploma courses offered by the five polytechnics, and span several course clusters. “A-Level graduates who are not enlisting in National Service will be able to enter the polytechnics in the same year that they receive their A-Level results. As a result, this group will be able to graduate one year earlier,” MOE said. image: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/image/11245562/0x0/819/511/72007b68a9c769b719a86efa69bb462d/Df/polytechnic-admission-for-a-level-infographic.jpg Source: Ministry of Education Interested A-Level graduates will be able to apply to the polytechnics directly for these 110 courses in mid-August, for matriculation at the start of AY2019 Semester 2 in October this year. More details will be available on the respective polytechnics’ websites by March 2019. 200 A-LEVEL GRADUATES ENROL IN POLYTECHNICS ANNUALLY Places for A-Level graduates will be separately catered for, and there will be no impact on the number of places for O-Level graduates or ITE graduates, MOE said. "The number of places for A-Level graduates will depend on the demand from and quality of applicants, and hence will vary from year to year," it said. According to the ministry, about 200 A-Level graduates are admitted each year to the five local polytechnics – Nanyang, Ngee Ann, Republic, Singapore and Temasek. "These are students who are keen to pursue an applied pathway at the polytechnics, that matches their area of interest or aptitude," it said, adding that the number includes both A-Level graduates who have applied and those who did not apply to the local universities. READ: Better pay, job prospects for polytechnic graduates in 2018: SurveyFor most polytechnic courses, A-Level graduates would need passes in two relevant H2 subjects to receive module exemptions. These requirements may differ for specific courses. Courses which offer module exemption have "sufficient commonalities" between the A-Level and polytechnic curriculums, MOE said. The exemptions are mostly for polytechnic foundational modules, and students would have covered similar curriculum in preparing for the A-Levels. For example, A-Level graduates in Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Diploma in Information Technology may be exempted from the modules on Computing Mathematics and Programming 1 if they have passed H2 Computing or Computing Science, and H2 Mathematics. Similarly, A-Level graduates in Temasek Polytechnic’s Common Engineering Programme may be exempted from the modules on Engineering Mathematics 1, Engineering Physics, Digital Fundamentals 1 and Circuit Analysis if they have passed H2 Mathematics and H2 Physics. Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/a-level-results-students-apply-polytechnic-skip-semester-courses-11245456

acceptance letter from a school can be the biggest thing in the lives of the students, i think RP should do something more than just apologising to the 16 affected students... Republic Poly apologises after mistakenly sending acceptance letters to 16 student hopefuls http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/republic-poly-apologises-after-mistakenly-sending-acceptance-letters-to-16-student

Hi all, Need a big fav...a former student of mine just got his poly posting....and he got the most ill-fitted course...manufacturing engineering. He has absolutely ZERO interest in it and since young, he has always dream of being an accountant. Can someone, preferably a poly lecturer pls help....he will like to swap course to maybe business enterprise IT or the likes. He has 18 points for 5 subjects. Unless no choice, it doesn't really make sense to make a promising young man take on a course which he will never pursue in future. He is thinking about taking night classes (on business/accountacy) after his day poly lessons. A young man should be allowed to pursue his dreams. Please advise! Cheers! Thargor

According to Channel NewsAsia, ITE

Each place at SIT eyed by five poly graduates Sandra DavieMy PaperMonday, May 11, 2015 Artist's impression of Singapore Institute of Technology’s satellite campus at Republic Polytechnic. Even as the Government provides alternative pathways for school-leavers to achieve career success, the university that caters to polytechnic graduates continues to draw more students. A record 9,600 polytechnic graduates applied for the 2,080 places offered by the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) this year. Last year, there were 7,000 applications for 1,800 places. The university offers 28 degrees with renowned overseas university partners such as Germany's Technical University of Munich. Since last year, it has been offering its own degrees. It has 36 degree courses in total. There had been doubt over demand at SIT, as it was granted the charter to confer its own degrees only last year. Also, students enrolled in SIT-conferred degrees will have to spend an extra eight months to a year doing intensive internships combining work and study. Yet, of the 9,600 applications, more than half were for the eight SIT-conferred degree programmes. Said SIT's director of admissions, Kelly Koh: "Despite SIT being just over one year old as an autonomous university, it is fast gaining traction and we have seen that most of the SIT-conferred degree programmes are well-received." He added that word is also getting out on the benefits of its internship programme, which is designed to be more in-depth and structured than a traditional industrial attachment. The university, which now operates from an interim campus in Dover Road, has also set up an Enterprise & Innovation Hub where its students will work on projects suggested by firms. Among the popular courses are accountancy, hospitality business, information security and aeronautical engineering. The university has shortlisted more applicants - 4,000 this year - for interviews. Said Mr Koh: "In line with our holistic approach, we believe in putting in the extra effort to identify students who display attributes and qualities, beyond academic performance, who are suited for the course." Students go through two interviews, and to select those for the hospitality degree programme, employers are invited to sit on the interview panel. Applicants said SIT's niche degrees and emphasis on getting its students job-ready were the reasons why they picked the university. Said Mr Lim, who graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic and is applying to do the new information security degree offered by SIT: "I like SIT's focus on giving students work and industry experience. It will be a definite advantage when I go out to work." - See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/education/each-place-sit-eyed-five-poly-graduates#sthash.qhUT80YB.dpuf

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Must be a major blow to some of the 95 kids who thought they had make it. Basically from euphoria to despair If only this mistake could be the other way round, that they actually made it instead of couldn't... From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1243599/1/.html 95 students wrongly informed about eligibility for polytechnic programme By TODAY | Posted: 19 December 2012 2028 hrs SINGAPORE - A "system error" resulted in 95 students who were not eligible for the Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP) being issued eligibility forms, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Wednesday. "On 17 December 2012, after the release of the GCE 'N' Level results, a system error was discovered, which had resulted in 271 students being issued eligibility forms for PFP with wrongly-computed ELMAB3 aggregate scores stated on these forms," said the MOE in a statement. The system double-counted grades for subjects that the student had sat for at the actual 'N' Level and 'O' Level Preliminary examinations, although each subject should only be counted once, with the better of the two grades being used. The PFP is a one-year programme that offers a practice-oriented curriculum to better prepare Normal (Academic) students for entry into the relevant Polytechnic Diploma courses. The MOE said it took "immediate steps" to address the situation. On Tuesday, it started calling each of the 271 affected students to inform them of the error. As of 5.45pm Wednesday, 256 students had been successfully contacted and 15 were unreachable. "MOE regrets the inconvenience caused by this error. We understand the disappointment of the affected students who were given application details for the PFP but are actually not eligible, as well as their parents' disappointment," said the ministry. All 95 affected students who are not eligible for the PFP may progress on to Secondary Five, or apply for the Direct Entry Scheme to Polytechnics (DPP) if they meet the DPP eligibility criteria, said the MOE. - TODAY/ir

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RIP! I did meet and chat with her at a conference b4. Life is indeed fragile! Polytechnic lecturer dies after collapsing at school Yahoo! Newsroom

37 people were conveyed to hospital after being stung by bees at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. SCDF paramedics found the injured persons at a open field near the sports complex. A spokesperson for the SCDF wrote: "At 8.29am, SCDF was alerted to a case involving people stung by bees at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. "Upon arrival, SCDF Paramedics found a group of people stung by bees at the open field near the sports complex. They were all conveyed to hospital immediately by SCDF ambulances and PDVs. "A total of 37 people were conveyed to hospital. Of the 37, 16 were conveyed to Alexandra Hospital and another 21 to National University Hospital."

Nowadays SG kids study too much online porn but no social skills to pick up girls ? Poly student molested 4 fellow students A POLYTECHNIC student was sentenced to six months' jail and fined $600 on Monday for outrage of modesty and other offences. Jee Guang You, 24, was studying at Nanyang Polytechnic when he molested four victims at the library of the Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 premises last November. He admitted to five of nine charges - two each of outrage of modesty and insulting modesty, and one of theft of undergarments. A Community Court heard that Jee was found to be suffering from paraphilia and fetishism by an Institute of Mental Health doctor. His lawyer Steven Lam said his client's family would make sure that he received proper treatment and monitor him closely. He said Jee, a former N-level and ITE student, got into the polytechnic through sheer hard work. The court backdated Jee's sentence to Dec 3 last year, which means he was released from prison on Monday. He could have been jailed for up to two years, fined, caned or received any of the combination. The maximum for insulting modesty is one year and a fine; and for theft, three years and a fine.

Champion!! $20 also want to try... Actually he wasn't in trouble at all... having particulars taken down is routine. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporesc...-103135658.html Poly student tries to bribe policemen with $20 By Fann Sim | SingaporeScene

Taiwan uni now ban slippers on campus, if any one caught 3 times, will kena punishment.... What about SGP, weather so hot, should be ok right? ..... shorts, hotpants, flipflops.... more practical and cooling... way to go, male or female anyone here dont ever wear such things to classes?

Nanyang Poly No. 1 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_641001.html

I consider myself a subject matter expert in the following: 1. Marketing Campaign Performance/KPI Scorecard/Tracking 2. Marketing data analytics 3. Marketing leads management 4. Database analytics I have long been interested to pursue an academic career and I do view this as a viable 2nd career option for retirement. I have been with a few leading global MNCs and have track records to prove my experience. Don't have Masters though, just a degree....guess I took the advice of a particular university vice dean couple of years ago...."I wouldn't recommend you take the MSc for applied research in Sociology...you can probably teach some of the modules yourself" I know there's a few lecturers here...do i absolutely need a Masters to lecture in Poly? Any advice/suggestions/tip will be highly appreciated!

not sure if this has been posted here before. if it is i'll just delete this topic.. http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...bf_in_blog.html any1 noes where the uncensored pics are? haha..

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1008136/1/.html

Hi bro, I just curious about what are the usual path people take to go to local university (NUS,NTU and SMU). Currently, I am a year 1 student @ SMU and I am basically struggling with everything. Prior to that, I was from NYP and I did quite well with an overall GPA of 3.5. Most of my peers from polytechnic are also struggling to make a mark for ourselves in SMU. I did not know about other universities that why I am trying to find some opinions from you guys here. I came from a neighbourhood pri and sec school, My O level results aren't that fantastic. 23 pointer... English only C6. But my Hokkien sure A1. hahaha... Does 2 years in JC helps you adopting life in University better or 3 years in polytechnic? What is your choice? Anyway, my personal view, I think that JC students have strong command in english languages, be it verbally or written. They are very good at expressing themselves and are very vocal when it comes to class participation in SMU. Polytechnic students like us does not have such a strong command in english. When I submit my individual projects, my prof actually pin point all my grammers! It damn saddening to say that us polytechnic students has such lousy english standard or is it just me? The only advantages we have is prior experience to technology stuff which means that we are more tech-savvy, that's all. And I really admired those JC student who can speak professional english. How I wish I could be like them. Oh yah, not forgetting our foreign students. SMU has a lot of foreign students from Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and China. Some of the more weird one are people from South Africa, South Korea and Japan studying here full time. I really have to say that other than their command of english, they are way smarter than all of us Singaporeans. Many came here thru scholarship and we singaporean have to take loan from CPF or Bank to study. How sad can it be isn't it? Hope to see more response to this tread!

http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Stor...ory_265627.html They should have known that academics are an argumentative bunch First, they make the teaching profession a sweatshop, with teachers doubling up for admin jobs, and long vacations largely a memory. Next, they'll start tackling the polys. And next?? You got to love this guy they interviewed: Cutting leave is supposed to... "the aim of the review was to come up with a 'compelling career pathway' and 'attractive pay package' and that annual leave was just one aspect of the package. " And this is "competitiveness", Singapore-style: "The review, he said, 'is necessary to ensure that our compensation and career development framework remains competitive'. " ... basically, well, nobody else is offering 42-day leave nowadays, so we can safely cut it down and still compete

Wed, Jan 30, 2008 The Straits Times 2 poly students killed in horrific car crash Two others were injured when their car plunged into a ditch and hit tree along Old Upper Thomson Road. Two polytechnic students died when the car they were in plunged into a ditched and hit a tree along Old Upper Thomson Road late on Tuesday night. They were the rear passengers, identified as Mr David Li, 18, and Mr Mervin Teo, 19. The driver and his front passenger, aged 19 and 20, were injured and they had to be extricated from the wrecked Mitsubishi Lancer by rescuers. They were taken to Singapore General Hospital. The four were believed to be students of Nanyang Polytechnic. The horrific crash happened at 11.45 pm as the car was travelling along Old Upper Thomson Road towards the Seletar Expressway. It is not known if the two rear passengers who died were wearing seat belts. Anyone with information on the accident can call the traffic police at 1800-547-1818.

Poly student gets maximum fine for negligent driving He was also banned from driving for five years for causing passenger's death. By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent A MOTORIST was taking his passengers home late one evening when it skidded, went up a centre road divider and overturned on the opposite side of the road. A rear right passenger died about two months after the June 15, 2006 accident. On Monday, second-year polytechnic student Shawn Goh Jin Fa, 24, was given the maximum fine of $10,000 and banned from driving for five years for causing the death of Mr Taqdir Buang, 23, through his negligence. One of the two other passengers was treated as an outpatient while the other was given two weeks' medical leave. A district court heard that Goh was driving on the extreme right lane of Clementi Road at about 11.30pm when he drove negligently and lost control of the car while overtaking a car from the left side of that car. His car went up the road divider, hit a metal railing and overturned on the centre lane of the three-lane road on the opposite side. Mr Taqdir suffered serious head injuries and died 64 days later in hospital on Aug 18. Goh could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or jailed and fined for the offence. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_187728.html clementi... singapore or ngee ann?

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