About Us
In view of the fast paced and dynamic 21st century learning era, we, who represent Young Scientist Pte. Ltd, are committed toward serving and providing the education sector of Singapore with quality publication materials. With relentless and meticulous effort in churning out award winning publications, our dedicated team of subject specialist writers and academic educators contribute their best forth into their writing to stimulate both creative as well as critical thinking in students all of ages and backgrounds. Our innovative learning materials engage and deliver life-like learning experiences into the classrooms for all instructional designers / teachers and students. This is our distinctive competitiveness where we are second to none.
In 1998, Young Scientists Enterprise was incorporated to publish the much loved “The Young Scientists” comics and magazines. Later, the company was renamed Young Scientists Pte. Ltd. Young Scientists Pte. Ltd is the pioneer in the publication of science as a subject in comic style. Our comics and magazines symbolize quality and fun educational values. The ability to stimulate the interest of children toward the learning of science is the core strength of our learning materials. Throughout the span of two decades, we have successfully collaborated with foreign licensees, joint venture partners and education institutions to promote and distribute our products locally and overseas. Thus, The Young Scientists comics and magazines are loved by many children and readers not only in Singapore, but also in many countries in Asia, such as Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, and more to come. We, who are the proud team of Young Scientists Pte. Ltd are constantly and continuously building a culture of innovation and learning where each opinion and view is treasured. This is to ensure that our products reflect the people we serve, whom are our teachers and learners. Riding on the wave of disruptive technology, our products are catered online via our e-bookstores and websites to reach a bigger readership market. Our distinguished subject expert cum editor, Linda Gan, a former highly influential and accredited academician from the Ministry of Education, Singapore, forms the key pillar of our esteemed panel of writers.
Our vision is to unveil the full potential of each learner. Thus, we strive to become a highly niched education publisher. We envision ourselves leading and setting the trend of 21st century education publication for academic authors, teachers and readers. We aspire to only publish learning materials that will help readers become significantly improved versions of themselves. To realise all this, we, a publishing company with a corporate culture is duty bound to attract, retain and motivate talented people in our organisation. We embolden ourselves with the visionary pursuit of maximizing our international reach, capturing new education technologies, as well as and partnering with authors and writers at every level of the publishing process ; from editorial and design, sales and marketing, production to distribution. Our dedicated team of publishing experts is committed to finding breakthroughs and creative new methods to deliver exciting stories and ideas to the readers globally.
Our mission is to enhance learning through intuitive, immersive, and workable experiences for the sake of knowledge acquisition. We also strive to inculcate the passion for reading by collaborating with authors to help produce and publish academic related topics and stories to communicate knowledge that inform, entertain, motivate and inspire all readers everywhere. It is our mission to help students improve themselves through learning because we strongly believe that continuous learning paves the way for endless opportunities, satisfying careers and better quality living. We believe that our contribution to unlocking a student’s true potential lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. The solutions in both digital and conventional prints that we offer help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. By partnering our renowned authors, editors, educators, whom are content developers and pedagogical experts, we publish learning materials that are time tested to improve pass rates, elevate grades and increase engagement for each learner.
During that time, she was engaged as an English language consultant to develop and coordinate language arts curricula for the Ministry of Education in Singapore. They include the Monolingual LEAP curriculum in 1985, PAP Kindergarten syllabus in 1989, MOE Kindergarten Framework in 2003 and most recently, in 2012, the new Social Studies Primary 4 learning materials, which were introduced in schools in 2013. She has published a number of research articles on bilingual education, literacy and phonological awareness in young children as well as written a wide range of story and vocabulary enrichment books which promote children’s English language skills. Every Young Scientist Readers comic or magazine passes through a stringent selection, editorial and proofreading process. Intensive editing is done by either an in-house editor or a reputable freelance editor. Editorial consultation with an author is always thorough and comprehensive.