FAQ · Education 4

The National University of Singapore hospitalisation and surgical factsheet covers registered full-time local and international undergraduates, graduates and non-graduating students, and it also covers part-time undergraduates and graduates admitted from academic year 2026. Local in this scheme means a Singapore citizen or permanent resident. The policy pays reasonable expenses for medically necessary hospitalisation or surgery for illness or injury in a Singapore government restructured hospital, within the stated policy limits. For an international student, cover starts on the date of arrival in Singapore or one month before the usual insurance start date, whichever is later, so a new international undergraduate who would normally start on 1 August is covered from 1 July if already in Singapore. Emergency treatment while overseas is paid only up to the B1 ward charges of an equivalent treatment in a Singapore government restructured hospital, and only when those charges are lower than the overseas bill. The factsheet says the policy does not cover a trip made overseas on purpose for treatment, except when an international student returns home for that treatment.

Nanyang Technological University invites every full-time undergraduate matriculating in academic year 2026/27 to apply for freshman hall accommodation, including students on the National Institute of Education degree programmes named on that page. The NTU window runs from 2 June 2026 at 9 am to 22 June 2026 at 5 pm Singapore time, and successful applicants are told progressively from 8 July 2026. Before applying, the student must accept the admission offer online and activate an NTU network account, and the hall form can be submitted only at least two days after that account is active. A non-refundable application fee of 27 dollars and 25 cents, including the goods and services tax, must be paid through the Student Housing Portal or the application is not treated as complete. The university does not process these applications on a first-come, first-served basis, and it does not accept a late application. Accepting a hall offer requires a Hall Acceptance Fee equal to two months of rental for the allocated hall and room type, and a student who holds the NTU Opportunity Grant may use that grant when enough of it remains.

The Ministry of Education says a Mother Tongue Language is a compulsory second language in Singapore primary schools, and the three official choices are Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Pupils of Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnicities study their own mother tongue, while a pupil registered with a double-barrelled race is assigned the language of the first component unless the school approves a request for the second. A Eurasian pupil, or a pupil of another race whose mother tongue is not one of those three, may ask the school for approval to study any of the official mother tongues. A non-Tamil-speaking pupil of Indian ethnicity may apply for a Non-Tamil Indian Language such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi or Urdu, and the Ministry says those classes are not provided by it and are usually held outside school premises and hours. A child may take an approved foreign language such as French, German or Japanese, or an approved Asian language such as Arabic, Burmese or Thai, instead of an official mother tongue only if the child lived overseas for a long period, did not keep up with the mother tongue, and already had formal study in that other language. The request goes through the school, and the page says these foreign and Asian language subjects are not offered at the Primary School Leaving Examination.

The National Library Board says a person may sign up for library membership online, or visit any public library except Chinatown Library and ask staff for help from 11 am to 6 pm. For a new registration, and for renewal of a foreign membership, the document shown must still be valid for at least three months. A Singapore citizen aged 15 or older may use an identity card, a passport or a citizenship certificate. A citizen child from birth to age 6 needs a birth certificate and one parent's identity card, and a child aged 7 to 14 may use a school smart card or a birth certificate together with one parent's identity card. The same page lists an employment permit, a dependant pass, and a special or visitor pass among the documents that can be used. Citizens, permanent residents and foreigners living in Singapore who have a valid document and a Singpass account may register online, while a foreigner with no Singpass account, or a membership type the online form does not support, must bring the documents to a library other than Chinatown Library and ask staff between 11 am and 6 pm.