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Government Scholarships for Tertiary Education in Singapore: Questioning the Singaporean Formula for Success in Achieving our Social Goals
Singapore has always been conscientious of its identity as an economic success story, and has…
Expelling Inequality from Primary School Admissions
Singapore’s meritocratic education system is commonly viewed as a social leveller[1]. However, it has recently…
Asian Americans and Affirmative Action: What Do We Count as Hard Work?
Asian Americans are divided. Harvard University, an institution with near king-making power, is being sued…
Redistributing Intimacy: Yes or No?
In May 2014, 22 year old Elliot Rodger murdered over 6 people before committing suicide…
The Special Assistance Plan: Singapore’s own bumiputera policy
“…regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society, based on justice and…
The affirmative action problem: The case of Sciences-Po.
A problem … In 2001, Sciences-Po have changed its admission procedures, there are now two…
Meritocracy Gone Wrong: Work for Reward, Reward for What? Examining the justice of exam-based meritocracy in Singapore from a Rawlsian perspective
INTRODUCTION Despite Singapore’s high literacy rate of 96.8%, she also has one of the highest…