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| Syllabus to teach kids to handle money better Posted: CHILDREN are to spend more time learning about money during home economics classes as Singapore grapples with rising costs and household debt. A new syllabus to be rolled out by the Education Ministry next year will place greater emphasis on teaching secondary school students how to manage their finances. It will also introduce three elective modules for project work: food science, food entrepreneurship and consumerism. The change was revealed yesterday by Dr Joyce Mok, a senior lecturer in natural sciences at the National Institute of Education. "The difference is that we're giving more curriculum time to financial education, and we've introduced elective modules for project work," she said, adding that the new syllabus – titled Food and Consumer Education – comes in the wake of increasing credit problems and rising costs. Dr Mok, who is part of the syllabus committee, said learning about money management must start at a young age. She was speaking on the sidelines of the 17th Biennial International Asian Regional Association for Home Economics Congress. The five-day event at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel brings together about 200 academics, educational leaders and policy makers from 13 countries. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower Hawazi Daipi said the design of the syllabus "takes into account the demographic changes in society". Home economics is compulsory for lower secondary students. Temasek Secondary student Jaren Pang, 13, said the extra focus on money management would be useful for some of his friends. "When they see something attractive, like game cards, they don't think before buying," he said. "Shortly after, they will run out of money and ask if they can borrow from me and my friends." — The Straits Times / Asia News Network |
| Malaysian convicted of murder the first to be jailed for life Posted: A 23-year-old Malaysian man has become the first convicted murderer in Singapore to be sentenced to life imprisonment. This follows changes made to the law last year giving judges the discretion to impose either the death penalty or life imprisonment for certain categories of murder. The case of Fabian Adiu Edwin, a construction worker from Sabah who killed a security guard in 2008 during a robbery, is the first time a sentencing judge has a choice in deciding the sentence for murder. Before the changes to the law, the death penalty was mandatory for all categories of murder. Fabian was convicted of murder in September 2011 and given the then-mandatory death penalty. However, he was among the condemned prisoners given a lifeline as hangings had been put on hold pending a review of the mandatory death penalty. In May this year, his case was sent back to the High Court for re-sentencing. On Tuesday, in imposing life imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane, Justice Chan Seng Onn considered Fabian's young age and sub-normal IQ. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network |
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