University rankings & foreign faculty/students?
Should higher education community take QS rankings seriously?
Education
Non-citizens’ school fees up 200% = 10-year high new citizens/PRs?
To what extent has the up to 300% increase in foreign students’ fees “forced” them to hit at least 10-year highs in new citizens and new PRs granted last year?
Schools: 14% non-S’poreans, but universities – 35%?
Growing number of foreigners are finding it tougher to find places in local schools for their children; while foreign students take up about 35% enrollments in public universities.
“Best education system” negated by the “worst labour system”?
Facing the shifts in education system, we must keep changing to meet the challenges.
Tops in education, but no jobs?
Singapore’s education system came out tops in Asia, but hardly any of the job growth went to true-blue Singaporeans in the last two years.
Leong Sze Hian: My 41 years’ private education experience
Compared with the fame of the public university, private institutes continue to bear the label of mediocrity, is it the time for us to reconsider the condition that private institutes are facing.
2m get Skillsfuture Credit, but “went for training” only up 39,000?
Under the circumstances of rising unemployment and redundancies, does Skillsfuture course really work for Singaporeans?
Fake news, but are the issues raised real?
I refer to the article “‘Fake news’ report: Author says that he did not make up controversial comments” (Straits Times, Aug 31).
The whole world comes as tourists to look for jobs?
How did we decide “on the fine balance in deciding” how many Singaporean job seekers to leave behind?
National day focus: Something very wrong with preschool help? (Part 2)
We need to give more help to parents to have children.