NUS School of Computing’s ScholAIstic Platform Wins OpenGov Asia Recognition of Excellence Award 2026
NUS School of Computing has been recognised with the OpenGov Asia Recognition of Excellence Award 2026 for its ScholAIstic AI-driven learning platform, developed by the AI Centre for Educational Technologies (AICET).
The award, presented at the 11th Annual Singapore OpenGov CXO Leadership Forum on 21 May 2026, honours the remarkable creativity, discipline, and commitment the team has demonstrated in elevating the student experience through AI-driven experiential learning at scale.
ScholAIstic enables instructors to design customised chatbots for simulations and role-playing exercises, turning what were once hard-to-scale learning scenarios into interactive, repeatable experiences. A social work student, for instance, can practise navigating a difficult client conversation. A law student can rehearse cross-examination. A healthcare trainee can work through patient consultations – all with structured AI-driven feedback that helps educators track progress and refine their teaching.
The platform addresses a longstanding challenge in higher education: skills such as empathy, professional judgement, and composure under pressure are critical across many disciplines, but difficult to teach through conventional methods at scale.
Through ScholAIstic, students engage in AI-driven interactions tailored by their instructors, who design scenarios, set learning objectives, and define how the chatbot responds. The platform also provides structured tracking and feedback tools, giving educators visibility into student progress and supporting more targeted, outcome-based teaching.
Since its deployment, ScholAIstic has been adopted across multiple faculties and disciplines at NUS, including social work, law, and healthcare education.
Associate Professor Ben Leong, Director of AICET, said, “The challenge has always been: how do you give every student the experience of learning by doing? With ScholAIstic, we finally have the answer! What has been most encouraging is seeing how students are engaged when they can practise, fail, and try again in a safe space. There’s so much we can do with AI in teaching, and we want to approach it in a thoughtful and effective way. The results across disciplines like social work, law, and healthcare have been really promising, so we’re excited about what comes next.”
The OpenGov Asia Recognition of Excellence programme, established in 2015, honours organisations across the Asia-Pacific region that are setting new benchmarks in digital innovation and service delivery. It has recognised more than 500 organisations across government, healthcare, education, and financial services.
