School and Students

NorthLight School aims to provide an engaging education for the youths and prepare them for lifelong learning and employability. The school caters to the learning needs of students who are unable to progress through the mainstream academic school system after their Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) and/or those at risk of prematurely leaving school.

Curriculum and Values

The school adopts an experiential approach to teaching and learning. It focuses on nurturing the students' socio-emotional development by recognising their achievements, encouraging peer support, and creating conditions to promote self-esteem. The school customises curriculum and programmes to better motivate these students, build up their basic academic foundation and equip them with the essential skills to take on challenges in the workplace. Students can benefit from the more customised hands-on learning approach, giving them a better chance to succeed.

For more details about NorthLight School, do visit the school’s website here.

Youth Passport Programme (YPP)

The Youth Passport Programme provides youths the opportunity to experience first-hand the exciting environment at a world-class airport and get a glimpse of what the working world is like. The visit also exposes them to possible careers at Changi Airport. This gets the youths thinking early about their personal interests and strengths, and different career options, so that they can make a more informed decision before they opt for their course of study in Year 3.

Career Development Programme
The programme complements the school’s curriculum as students benefit from real-life interactions with employers and from the exposure to an authentic operational work environment. Preparatory workshops such as the grooming workshop or the "Be A Service Star" workshop – which is based on the Changi Service DNA, strengthen the students’ job readiness skills. Selected students undergo a five-day job attachment with CAG and various airport partners to gain more real-life work experience.

Local Community Service Learning Programme

We believe in encouraging the youths to give back to society. Whether it is an environment project, or meeting and helping individuals who are needier than they are, the youths learn to better appreciate what they have been given. Students from various CCA groups in NorthLight School participate in workshops (covering topics such as self-awareness, confidence, team-work, event planning) that guide them in planning and executing their own community service projects from start to finish.

Metta School was established in 2001 by Metta Welfare Association, with the support of the Ministry of Education and the National Council of Social Service.

The school offers special education to students with Mild Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder, aged between 7 and 21 years, with the aim of preparing them for a future of gainful employment, independence, social connections and self-worth.

Metta School currently has an enrolment of about 400 students with IQs that range between 50 - 70.

For more details about Metta School, do visit the school website here.

Social Competence Learning Programme

This programme focuses on helping students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to develop daily living skills. Tasks that we perform with little thought, like buying groceries or meals, seeking medical attention etc, do not come as easily for this special group of youths; and so, leveraging the mini-city that is Changi Airport, they drop by several times a year to practise within the safe, comfortable confines of our terminals, and with the guidance of volunteers comprising CAG staff or airport partners.

Two Week Job Trial

Working closely with selected airport partners, we provide work experience for students with Mild Intellectual Disability and/ or ASD. The programme allows the students to be trained, under close supervision, in an authentic work environment, with the intent of preparing them for open employment in the near future.