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A President's Scholar is a recipient of the academic scholarship awarded by the Government of Singapore annually, to pursue undergraduate education at a university, usually abroad. The scholarship is considered to be the most prestigious public undergraduate scholarship in Singapore awarded to students of Singaporean nationality .
Thora Oehlers was a student at the Raffles Institution, a bright and athletic young woman, [4] when she became "the first Eurasian girl scholar in Singapore" to win a Queen's Scholarship in 1933, for study in England. [5] [6] [7] She was the second girl in Singapore to win the honor, after Maggie Tan in 1930. [8]
Queen's Scholars (British Malaya and Singapore) (9 P) Pages in category "President's Scholars" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The first scholarships, originally known as the Higher Scholarships, were founded in 1885 by Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, the Governor of the Straits Settlements, in honour of Queen Victoria. The main objectives of introducing Higher Scholarships was to allow promising boys an opportunity to complete their studies in the United Kingdom, and to ...
Since 2008, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office no longer contributes financially to the plan [3] and the number and type of scholarships available for students from more developed Commonwealth countries (Australia, The Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cyprus, Malta, New Zealand, and Singapore) to study in Britain has been reduced.. Other ...
Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore.Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Year 5 and Year 6.
National University of Singapore, with a history dating back to 1905, is the oldest university in Singapore. This is a list of universities in Singapore.. The oldest university in Singapore is the National University of Singapore, which was established in its current form in 1980, but has a history in tertiary education dating back to 1905. [1]
In memory of her lifetime of philanthropy, the Loke Cheng Kim Foundation in Singapore continues the tradition of helping needy students to pursue further education in foreign universities overseas, with the Loke Cheng Kim Scholarship. The Saint Andrew's Junior College Singapore also named one of their halls Loke Cheng Kim Hall in memory of Loke.