NSmen can take up to two modules before matriculation at NUS

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The obligation to serve National Service means males who are eligible for university studies fall two years behind their female peers in their education and career track.

This disadvantage will be eased somewhat come January, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) launching a programme which will allow male students to take selected courses and earn academic credits in advance before they are matriculated.

This pilot programme, which will offer eight modules from four faculties, is to give these male students more time to adapt to the academic environment.

Classes for these modules will run from January to June, comprising online learning and then lessons on campus between April and June. The online components include 10- to 12-minute lecture videos, discussions, homework, self-practice exercises and pop quizzes.

Lessons on campus, which will last for up to two hours and will be held weekly or fortnightly, will include interactive discussions, as well as laboratory-based work, tutorials and teaching assistant-guided activities. Those who sign up will also need to sit for a test at the end of the course.