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According to the Ministry of Manpower’s Yearbook of Manpower Statistics 2015 –  the proportion of economically active polytechnic fresh graduates declined by 3.8 per cent from 93 per cent in 2007 to 89.2 per cent in 2014. Full-time employed poly graduates dropped 16%? Full-time permanently employed polytechnic fresh... 

I refer to the article “More data needed on under-employed graduates: Industry observers” (Channel NewsAsia, Dec 26). It states that “Those Channel NewsAsia spoke with pointed to anecdotal evidence of such cases, and raised concerns over a potential trend, if not watched closely. GRADUATE UNDER-EMPLOYMENT NOT AT CRITICAL... 

The PSLE result was so good that top secondary schools have to raise their cut off points for admission. Many PSLE graduates were disappointed after doing so well and thinking that they could get admitted only to be thwarted by the new cut off points. And at the other extreme, 7 schools need not raise their points and did not...