Edgefield in the News

Catch up on the latest news features about Edgefield Secondary School, from evolving Design & Technology lessons to Full Subject-Based Banding and the use of iPads in learning.

Last updated 11 August 2026

The Straits Times In magazine cover dated March 3, 2025, showing youth in red uniforms playing large Chinese drums outdoors.

Newspaper feature showing a group of students in red uniforms posed around large Chinese festive drums on a brick courtyard.

Straits Times feature article showing students in red shirts practicing on large Chinese festive drums at Edgefield Secondary School.

Lianhe Zaobao news article page showing Edgefield Secondary School sign with a student walking past.

A webpage article in English about school subject systems, with Chinese advertisements on the right sidebar.

Chinese news article with a photo of students in red shirts watching performers on a stage with a projected screen.

Three people pose outdoors: two students in red uniforms flank a smiling woman in a floral top.

Four students in blue uniforms pose with peace signs beside a Chinese language learning committee banner.

Back to school: How the updated Design & Technology curriculum trains students for life

Six students wearing face masks sit at a long desk using tablets in a classroom.

^{CNA journalist Grace Yeoh sits in on a design & technology lesson with a Secondary 2 class at Edgefield Secondary School. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)}

Read about how Design & Technology lessons have evolved to get students ready for life! Read about the experience of Channel News Asia’s journalist Grace Yeoh, as she joined Edgefield Secondary’s Design & Technology lessons to find out more!

No more streaming for students: Full transcript of speech by Education Minister Ong Ye Kung

A man in a white shirt speaks at a microphone in a parliament chamber with several seated members behind him.

^{Education Minister Ong Ye Kung speaking in Parliament on March 5, 2019. PHOTO:}^GOV.SG

Read about how Edgefield Secondary trailblaze Full Subject Based Banding with good outcomes both academically and socially by Former Minister of Education: Minister Ong Ye Kung

Tech Talk - iPads in Classroom and for Remote Learning

Promotional banner for CNA938 Tech Talk segment on Life and Style with host Daniel Martin, featuring students using an iPad.

Here more on how iPads are used in the classroom and for Remote Learning in Edgefield Secondary School through Addie Siew, SH ICT, CNA 938

Teenagers have wider network of friends in schools with mixed form classes: NIE study

Students in red and blue uniforms wearing masks use tablets at green desks in a classroom.

^{Edgefield Secondary School students interacting during a group work session in their mixed form class on Aug 26, 2022. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY}

Read about how Full Subject Based Banding builds greater peer network in this article from the Straits Times.