Refinements to PSC Scholarships
Speech by Mr Eddie Teo, Chairman of PSC on “Lee Kuan Yew’s Public Service: How has it changed and how will it continue to change in future?”
Dr Sudha Nair Joins the Public Service Commission
82 PSC scholarships were presented at the PSC Scholarships Award Ceremony on 22 July 2014.
In line with the introduction of the Public Service Leadership Programme (PSLP), which provides developmental pathways for diverse talent in the Public Service, the PSC has made some refinements to its scholarship schemes. With effect from the 2015 exercise, the “PSC Scholarship” will replace the OMS and L-OMS schemes. This will help sharpen the PSC’s focus on identifying outstanding young men and women with clear potential for the PSLP. “PSC Scholarship” holders will be emplaced on the PSLP upon graduation if they meet the emplacement criteria.
PSC scholarship schemes tied to the Foreign Service, Legal Service, Teaching Service and the Uniformed Services (SAF and SPF) will continue to be offered by the PSC, with no changes to their respective terms and conditions. There will be no changes to the application process for PSC scholarships – interested applicants may put in their applications at PSC Gateway (www.pscgateway.gov.sg) during the application window each year.
The President has appointed Dr Sudha Nair as a member of the Public Service Commission with effect from 9 January 2015, for a five-year term in the first instance.
Dr Nair, 57, received her doctorate in social work from the National University of Singapore in 2006, and has been serving as Executive Director of the Centre for Promoting Alternatives to Violence since 2012. She was the inaugural winner of the Outstanding Social Worker Award in 1998.
The 2014 PSC Scholarships Award Ceremony was held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel on 22 July 2014. Guest-of-Honour, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, presented PSC scholarships to 82 recipients
