APAC Insider- Business Awards 2025 | 28 Part of the esteemed family of Taylor’s Schools, Nexus International School (Singapore) offers pupils from nursery through to year 13 a quality education complete with the IB, IGCSE, and MYP pathways. Across their journeys, students are provided with an approach that blends academic rigour with technology-driven innovation, ensuring they are equipped with the skills and knowledge it takes to thrive in a world that is as unpredictable as ever. To find out more about this approach, we caught up with Director of Digital Learning and Entrepreneurship Shoaib Raza. Best Future-Ready Architecture Learning Experience 2025 – Singapore & AI Innovation Strategy Excellence Award 2025 Situated in the centre of Aljunied, a diverse, suburban area of Singapore, Nexus International School welcomes students from all over the world and helps to develop them into relevant, responsible, and resilient young learners who not only achieve highly but who also use their knowledge to promote meaningful change. Letting other schools teach subjects of the past, Nexus seeks to empower the world’s youth by building a learning-focused community that puts every child at the centre of a futureready, world-class education. “Nexus is inclusive, and yet our academic results consistently rank among the strongest in Singapore, demonstrating that inclusion and excellence can coexist.” Guided by the philosophy of ‘people first, technology second’, the deliberate integration of digital tools into its renowned curriculum – which also encompasses the likes of entrepreneurship and cognitive science in addition to traditional school subjects and extra-curricular activities – is seen through its coveted status as an Apple Distinguished School. These centres of leadership and educational excellence reflect Apple’s vision for technology-powered learning and are some of the world’s most innovative institutions. This combination of Apple devices with around 200 expert teachers and flexible learning spaces gives way to a combination of inquiry-based learning, collaborative opportunities, and a personalised education, setting pupils up for long-term academic success. Remarkably, this is just the beginning, and initiatives such as Synaptic Strengthening Tools and a programme entitled ‘Critical Thinking for an AI World’ further this aim of aptly preparing students for a life beyond education – one where technology will be a driving force. Discussing these initiatives in more detail, the aim across them all is to equip every learner with the competencies and mindset essential for success beyond Nexus. This is achieved by blending technical expertise with creative problem-solving techniques, something best seen through the aforementioned Synaptic Strengthening Tools, which offers the likes of regular quizzes, gamified elements, and immediate feedback to reinforce understanding and build long-term knowledge retention. AI analytics inform teachers on progress. Likewise, the critical-thinking programme mentioned above delivers bite-sized learning experiences that each cover a different cognitive bias or logical fallacy, explored through real-world, AI-driven cases. Every session offers examples, reflection questions, and optional readings, with a badge-based gamification system motivating learners to collaborate, share insights, and apply their critical thinking to an array of different contexts. These AI strategies reflect the aims of Singapore more broadly, which is one of the most dynamic, technology-driven regions on the planet. The country’s like-minded focus on AI and educational excellence offer Nexus the opportunity to act as a bridge between industry and academia, something explored further through its work with aligned partners including the National University of Singapore and the Centre for AI innovation. On the back of this, Shoaib shed some light on what the future has in store for Nexus. “Together with the other Taylor’s Schools, we are redefining what’s possible in education”, Shoaib said: “Our DARE 2030 Masterplan is a powerful vision for cultivating digitally agile learners who don’t just adapt to the digital world but thrive in it. This strategic initiative empowers our educators to unlock the full potential of technology, championing cross-school collaboration and seamlessly integrating digital tools to elevate teaching.” “The future of learning starts here.” Recognised as offering the Best Future-Ready Architecture Learning Experience 2025 – Singapore and with our AI Innovation Strategy Excellence Award 2025, the future-ready education Nexus offers in Singapore is seeing it raise the bar for innovative international schooling. By promoting the use of ethical AI in schools and digital learning leadership in Asia more widely, Nexus International School (Singapore) has positioned itself as one of the leading schools in the APAC region, something reflected in these awards. More on Nexus can be found at the link below, whilst specifics on the innovation it nurtures through its blend of digital learning and entrepreneurship can be seen here. Contact: Shoaib Raza Company: Nexus International School (Singapore) Web Address: https://www.nexus.edu.sg/ Nexus International School (Singapore)
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