Dr Nirmala Karuppiah Contributes Expertise on Preschool Education

Dr Nirmala Karuppiah

Dr Nirmala Karuppiah, Head, Education at NIE’s Centre for Research in Child Development, was featured in SingTeach Issue 70 on the preschool to primary school transition and contributed a commentary on high-quality preschool education. Both the SingTeach article and commentary featured findings from Dr Karuppiah’s OER-funded project “Parents’ Perception of ‘Play’ and ‘Holistic Development’ in the Early Years” .

In the SingTeach article “Connecting the Dots for Effective School Transition”, Dr Karuppiah describes the conceptualization behind the guidebook Supporting children in their transition to Primary 1: A guide for teachers and parents in Singapore and the importance of play in a child’s development.

For her commentary titled “Want your kids to have high quality pre-school education? Here’s what it means”, which was published in Today Online, Dr Karuppiah explains the importance of partnerships between parents and preschool educators in ensuring children receive high-quality preschool education.