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Haze in Singapore: what Monday's unhealthy PSI means for families with children
NEA expects the 24-hour PSI to stay in the unhealthy band, 101 to 190, on Monday (Oct 19), after a Sunday reading of 230 in the west. NEA and MOH have set out advice for children and other vulnerable groups.
Source: CNA — Latest News
P1 registration 2027: 12 schools get a new two-track Phase 2C scheme
MOE will split Phase 2C places at 12 primary schools equally between children living within 2km and beyond 2km, from the 2027 P1 Registration Exercise. Separately, reserved Phase 2C places rise from 40 to 60 at most schools.
Source: AsiaOne
Arguing over school and tuition: 60% of parents in an IPS study say it happens
A 2026 Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) study found 60% of parents reported arguing with their spouses over their children's education, up from 43% in 2016. Family counsellors say these arguments often point to deeper differences in parenting beliefs, and they suggest ways couples can work through them.
Source: The Straits Times — Singapore
Singapore haze: what the very unhealthy PSI in the west means for families
On Sunday, Oct 18, the 24-hour PSI at 7am was 228 in western Singapore, with the other regions at 129 to 185. MOH's haze advisory says to use 1-hour PM2.5 readings when deciding about masks for immediate outdoor activities.
Source: CNA — Latest News
Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore build on-device Gemma AI model to detect scams in private chats
Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore have collaborated on a fine-tuned AI model that uses lightweight Gemma models on the device to intercept conversational scams in private chats. The design involves zero cloud data egress, but the source gives no launch date or rollout details.
Source: Google DeepMind
SMU Provost Alan Chan on keeping human skills central as AI enters classrooms
SMU Provost Professor Alan Chan told a Singapore summit panel that universities should help students use AI without eroding human capabilities. He also said entry-level job expectations are likely to rise without matching pay.
Source: SMU Newsroom
South West District residents get hands-on help with AI agents and career guidance
The South West CDC is partnering with the Singapore AI Association to teach practical AI skills to more than 3,000 residents over three years. SkillsFuture Advice is also being renamed Careers and Skills for Community, with a goal of reaching about 150,000 people over three years.
Source: The Straits Times — Singapore
Hong Kong police launch AI-powered national security platform for school pupils
Hong Kong police have launched the NSmarties AI Interactive Platform, which lets pupils generate personalised stories on national security. It was launched at a primary school in Ap Lei Chau with about 700 pupils attending.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press
Five types of teen wellbeing: how sleep, exercise and food fit in, in a study of 7,244 Chinese adolescents
A study of 7,244 Chinese adolescents found that teen quality of life falls into five distinct profiles, not one scale from good to bad. Sleep, physical activity, screen time and food were linked to the profiles in ways that were not always straightforward.
Source: Frontiers in Public Health — Child Health
Can a community-built screen-use programme lift teens' self-esteem and body image?
Researchers in a rural Spanish town ran a screen-balance programme designed with teens, parents, teachers and health workers, and found moderate gains in self-esteem, self-concept and body image. With no comparison group and no follow-up, the results are encouraging but early.
Source: PLOS ONE — Education
Can active childhoods make exercise easier later? A guinea fowl study offers a clue
Penn State researchers found that young guinea fowl raised carrying small leg weights later walked with a load without burning extra energy, while birds raised without weights burned 23% more. It is an early animal study, so whether the same happens in children is still unknown.
Source: Science Daily — Children's Health
When a Down syndrome diagnosis becomes more than one shock: parents' stories from a Johannesburg special school
A small South African study interviewed eight parents of children with Down syndrome at a special needs school to understand where their trauma comes from. The parents described stress that built up from the diagnosis, healthcare, school access and stigma, alongside a fragile kind of resilience.
Source: Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry