What does YAH! represent? YAH! means “Young-At-Heart!" About YAH!YAH! Community College is a non-profit project by the Marine Parade Family Service Centre to bring educational opportunities to the heartland elderly. The project fulfills the vision of active senior citizens pursuing lifelong learning aspirations in the area of culture, technology, health and humanities. While our strategic vision is to be the first Third Age University in Singapore dedicated to the senior citizens, our current priority is to reach out to the heartlanders, the middle-to-lower educated segment of the elderly, who are the least likely to have learning opportunities. YAH! is supported by Ministry of Community Development & Sports and Council for Third Age. YAH! Approach No boring textbooks! No scary exams! At YAH! Community College, learning is more fun than shopping. YAH! Belief Through a series of experiential and interactive activities, YAH! enables you to actively shape your own life in the golden years. Learning is indeed a life-long process. YAH! CurriculumThe programme focuses on essential knowledge and practical skills. Topics like Gerontology, Information Technology and Community Participation. Our Courses: § Certificate in Lifelong Learning § Certificate in Community Education § Special Certificate in Gerontology Counseling § Special Certificate in ICT § Special Certificate in Conversational English § Special Certificate in Traditional Chinese Medicine Overseas Exchange Programme Our Graduation Ceremonies Since the establishment in year 2005 to year 2008, we have organised 4 graduation ceremonies. A total of 836 participants have graduated from the “Lifelong Learning” programme. Our Guest-of-Honours were His Excellency Mr. S R Nathan, President of Republic of Singapore, Mr. Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister, Mr. Gerard Ee, Chairman, Council for Third Age and Mr. Lim Boon Heng Minister, Prime Minister's Office.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 05 October 2009 )
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