About 60 families in Jurong Central will benefit from the latest round of the South West Community Development Council (CDC) Adopt-A-Precinct assistance scheme - the largest number of beneficiaries since the programme started in Hong Kah North three years ago.
As part of the latest roll out, the Science Centre Singapore and General Electric (GE) Singapore will hold enrichment activities for about 80 children from 60 low income and needy households, the South West CDC said. This exposure will keep them meaningfully engaged and equip them with practical skills.
The Science Centre said it would run two enrichment programmes and a carnival aimed at cultivated an interest in science in the beneficiaries, while GE hopes to organize excursions of provide job-shadowing opportunities to help the children widen horizon.
Since its launch in 2012, Adopt-A-Precinct has benefited more than 160 families in Hong Kah North, Choa Chu Kang, Taman Jurong, Telok Blangah and Bukit Batok. It is part of a S$2.5 million initiative by the South West CDC aimed at strengthening the social safety net for the needy as well as the vulnerable.
Thoughts:
- It seems that this assistance program has an educational component where the students gain exposure to science and job shadowing. This is useful as the assistance that benefits the families did not miss out the children, which was quite often the case in my view.
- Additional exposure to education, and especially such exposure to fun, enrichment and educational activities can not only spur more interest to enjoy studying among children from low income groups, but also to ensure that assistance given as a package to the family does not miss them out. Meaningful engagement for the children is something that we need to be mindful about.
Thoughts anyone?
Yours,
Something Small Thinking Big
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