Middle class woes in Singapore: Are they missing out on the slice of the pie?
During my internship last summer, a lady called in to ask about subsidies. She raised a point about middle-income families not being able afford tuition programs and not being able to qualify for subsidy schemes as well. This, later I realized she was referring to the sandwiched class – “… this group of Singaporeans...
If Amos went to a US neighbourhood school
When Amos the Fantastic first came to public attention, an ang-moh-tua kee was quick to say that if ony he were educated in the West, not in S’pore. I couldn’t help but mentally sneer at the clown and laugh that Amos was really lucky to be in the S’pore education system when I read about life in neigbourhood schools...
30% graduates’ unemployed, 30% earn below $2,000?
Survey on private universities’ degrees I refer to the articles “Move to gauge worth of private degrees” and “Private schools hold own surveys” (Straits Times, Jan 4). The former states that “But Mr Ng knows he is luckier than his peers. “I have friends who also went for a degree, but it made no difference to their...
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