Monday morning blues reading the newspapers?: Childcare, Healthcare, HDB, National Con., etc?
Reading the newspapers on a Monday morning can be rather depressing. You may get the feeling that we may not seem to be really serious…
Education
Poor students no worse off: Really?
I refer to the article “Poorer kids don’t lag behind, new study finds” (Straits Times, Apr 6). Poor children no worse off? It states that…
No such thing as “tuition grant” before?
Thanks to reader who sent education statistics in 1987 After writing the article “University fees increased 7.5% p.a. last 26 years?” (Mar 30), a reader…
How do needy medical students cope financially?
I refer to the article “Wooing Singaporean doctors home” (My Paper, Mar 4). Few needy students get aid? In this connection, according to the article…
University fees increased 7.5% p.a. last 26 years?
I refer to the article “Universities, polytechnics and ITE raise tuition fees” (Straits Times, Mar 30). It states that “At polytechnics and the ITE, the…
ITE students’ real growth in spending minus 1% p.a. last 14 years?
I refer to the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Education Statistics Digest 2012. Expenditure per ITE student: – 1% p.a. increase? Government Recurrent Expenditure on Education…
An old article on “Govt’s preschool subsidy only for NTUC and PCF kindergartens?”
Govt’s preschool subsidy only for NTUC and PCF kindergartens? Posted on April 15th, 2011 under Education In their joint-reply to letters to the Straits Times forum page, the…
9 statistics relating to election promises?
I refer to the article “PAP leaders: govt is delivering on ge promises” (Straits Times, Jan 19). It states that “In housing, transport, education and…
Polytechnic graduates’ real pay dropped 16%?
I refer to the article “Polytechnic graduates’ starting salaries up in 2012” (Straits Times, Jan 9). It states that “The median gross monthly salary of…
An old article on “A lesson in citing irrelevant statistics?”
Posted on April 27th, 2011 I refer to the articles “School system ‘still best way to move up’”, “MPs speak for kids from poorer families” and…