SINGAPORE - Things were looking grim for Dani earlier this year when his teacher told him that he might not be able to make it to secondary school next year as he only scored 20 per cent in maths, his weakest subject."The tuition fees were quite expensive - I didn't have the means," said Madam Sara, who works as a boutique manager and has been raising her four sons single-handed since her husband was incarcerated in 2016.
He is one of 320 primary, secondary and tertiary students who received the ISCOS Bursary Award on Saturday . The value of the awards ranged from $200 to $500, depending on the educational level. A pilot programme was rolled out in July to offer after-school enrichment activities to students keen to pursue interests such as music, dance or sports. The programme will be extended to more students next year.
She acknowledged that schools offer co-curricular activities, but students might not always have access to a particular activity that is of interest to them, such as aquatic sports.