SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 21 August 2026 - AI use comes naturally to Singaporean children. A study has found that more than half of eight-year-olds in Singapore have used AI tools, with 17 per cent of those surveyed using AI around once to several times a week for both schoolwork and gaming. In the study space, ChatGPT, MOE's Student Learning Space (SLS), Google NotebookLM and a host of other learning tools all provide AI-augmented study assistance.

As AI becomes ubiquitous, the question is no longer effectiveness but governance. This is especially vital in education, where AI use must be guided by proper safeguards, reliable content, and thorough compliance with MOE standards. Without these guardrails, students may receive explanations that are inaccurate, unsuitable, or taken from another curriculum. Only with the right governance in place can AI responsibly and accurately strengthen students' understanding, support their learning, and ensure that they are taught the right concepts in the right way.

StudySmart, an AI-powered learning platform for PSLE preparation, was built with these requirements in mind. Its content is based on the latest MOE syllabus across all three subjects (English, Maths, Science) and revised every year, and its questions, notes and learning materials are crafted and reviewed by certified former MOE educators and former PSLE examiners. Students also receive feedback from mentors on where their understanding is breaking down, not only on which answers were wrong. The result is the best of both worlds: the personalised, always-available support that makes AI useful, working within the syllabus a child will actually be examined on.

"At StudySmart, our questions, notes, and learning materials are crafted and reviewed by experienced former MOE educators and former PSLE examiners. AI helps us personalise the learning, but educational expertise is what ensures the content is relevant, reliable, and aligned to the Singapore syllabus." - Muthu Chockalingam, CEO of Imperial EduTech/StudySmart

That approach sits with the direction of the Transforming Education through Technology (EdTech) Masterplan 2030, under which upper primary students are to work only with tools designed specifically for education. StudySmart supports students with targeted revision comprising carefully crafted questions, MOE syllabus-aligned notes, mistake analysis and personalised learning support. This is a credible learning tool, fully aligned not only with the MOE syllabus but also with the direction of children's education as a whole.

Parents can find out more or sign up for StudySmart at www.studysmart.sg.