University fees up by 5%
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National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) announced an increment of 5% for university fees starting next July.
The increase will bring tuition fees for laboratory and non-laboratory undergraduate courses to $5,930, and for medical courses, to $17,010. Tuition fees for postgraduate courses at both universities will also be increased, with annual fee hikes ranging from $500 to $1,600. -
tats the way spore is.....everything will go up and up and up.......
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well, we will get another 400 in yr 2006...think dats the final one and....who here got receive the 1K after LHL becomes PM ? heard dat 100 people got it but dunno how many people queue for it siah....
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NO u r wrong, there is still one thing that will not go up..Originally posted by IntegraType-R:tats the way spore is.....everything will go up and up and up.......
INCOME.... -
hahaha......everybody noes tat.....up and up is refering to the $$ we hav to pay is always going up.....Originally posted by sans-culotte:NO u r wrong, there is still one thing that will not go up..
INCOME.... -
school fee so expensive, might as well don't study university.
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ha, have to cos now the 'default' qualification is Diploma/Degree.....if u have neither, then can balek kumpung makan jagongOriginally posted by Gordonator:school fee so expensive, might as well don't study university.
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If administration follows private sector practice, without all the super-scale officers- simple three tier system - there will be immediate saving in salaries of administrators.Originally posted by Gordonator:National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) announced an increment of 5% for university fees starting next July.
The increase will bring tuition fees for laboratory and non-laboratory undergraduate courses to $5,930, and for medical courses, to $17,010. Tuition fees for postgraduate courses at both universities will also be increased, with annual fee hikes ranging from $500 to $1,600.
If lands are acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, paid for by tax payers and are not charged again, there will be tremendous cost savings.
Take away these two major cost components, university education will be much cheaper with no need for so-called subsidies or fee increases.
It is all a matter of creative accounting whether university fees subsidised as land costs can be considered zero at the point of acquisition.
SIA and PSA must have reduced their administrative costs by cutting back of higher superscaled officers due to transfer or importing of officers from public sector.
Other governments may lack the sweeping power to acquire lands, transfer them to state land office or consolidated accounts of government and have them re-sold back to government departments or insitutions at full market prices.
In Singapore, government departments, HDB and educational institutions are provided with lands acquired under the Land Acquisition Act where even the minimal acquisition costs were already paid by tax payers.
If government departments provided with such acquired lands do not charge for land or rental again, they will not lose monies or has to worry about subsidies in most cases as land costs are zero.
However acquired lands are normally transferred to the state land office with profits taken into the consolidated accounts and land later re-sold to respective departments like HDB at full market price again.
This kind of costing is creative acounting. Furthermore, market wages are lower during the past years due to recessions. Certain tax portions should have been collected for educations and government services. So why should HDB, hospitals and many government departments claim they are subsidising any costs and what are they comparing with?
So institutions of higher learning should only be justified in charging for consumption, and lower the administration costs and avoid charging on lands. Such details of costings should be provided to the students for accountability and transparency before asking for higher tuition fees.
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university fee so high... sian...
/go find road sweeping job liao... -
croco o level nia
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It's disappointing that autonomous education centres like our local universities have increased their student fees almost immediately after the worst of the economic downturn has passed.
This is definitely not in line with the coin "making education affordable" for everyone. The well-to-do in this generation have the monetary edge compared to weaker-income families which may be forced into burdening loans to support their children's dream of a graduate degree.
Has the operating cost of running a university suddenly risen? Has the administration unexpectedly improved the pay packages of their employees, thereby translating this surge in annual budget into high studying fees? I think all affected parties would be most interested in how the universities in question plan on justifying their positions.
With the shrinking market, widespread down-sizing of labour intensive firms and rapid decline of dot.com companies, a degree is no longer a passport to security and stability. Instead, graduates are expected to accept a lower salary coupled with an enormous job scope, prompting questions on how a rising undergraduate fee will help the current situation improve? -
not only will plus 5%, gahmen subsidy will also lessen...just wait and see. now is about 2.5K, in a few yrs time don't be surprised to pay 3.2K AT LEAST....they can do it, just need a lame excuse...
got a feeling dis new gen of PAP will cause alot of problems...don't u think ? -
Compare go overseas and study, still cheaper hor, so ai hiam mai hiam. Would you prefer forking out SGD$32K a year to go overseas study?
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nowadays school fees going up and up. next time university orientation should go and protest.
thats what my school did, 1000+ first year students went to the legislature of my province and protest. say lower tuition fees and no tax on beer then later got security guard look at us like dunno what to do. then we shout at him ask him to drop his pants. then he quickly siam, humji. -
Thats what my school did too.
Singapore? What do you think they will do? Erm, let me see. The students guild of nus/ntu head representative will write a letter and prays it gets onto the forum page of the straits times (preferably a weekday :lol
on behalf of its students. It might question the need for the price hike etc etc blah blah blah yada yada yada. This is to show that the student guild has actually done something. So if the hike is still implemented and any student were to question if the student guild did do anything. The response would most likely be:"We have tried our best, but still <101 variations>". -
Grrr.
Make the fees for foreign students higher!
After all, when we go to britain/australia, we pay 200% more or something what. Since they can do it, we can do it too!
I don't know how many years i have to work before i have enough $ to go to Uni liao.. zzz. -
No. Cannot raise fees for foreign students. Like that how to attract foreign talent?
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yes, dat is wat they will do and its all they do. 101 input but 0 output. work done = 0, efficiency is also 0.Originally posted by ditzy:Thats what my school did too.
Singapore? What do you think they will do? Erm, let me see. The students guild of nus/ntu head representative will write a letter and prays it gets onto the forum page of the straits times (preferably a weekday :lol on behalf of its students. It might question the need for the price hike etc etc blah blah blah yada yada yada. This is to show that the student guild has actually done something. So if the hike is still implemented and any student were to question if the student guild did do anything. The response would most likely be:"We have tried our best, but still <101 variations>".
it is wayang show to say dat they are worthy of the high CCA points.
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I see the school fees are similar to the australian subsidised fees except medical.
But I don't see australian type salaries for the poor graduates . -
In the end it will only affect the poorer people who are struggling with their fees. Whats new in Singapore?? YAWN.
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buy education insurance when children are young, by the time when they are entering university, no need to worry so much on the school fees.Originally posted by IntegraType-R:tats the way spore is.....everything will go up and up and up....... -
fees going up, but starting pay going down.. lousy investment man..
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nus union for show only... what's more need to pay them annual fee for doing nothing... crap..Originally posted by ditzy:Thats what my school did too.
Singapore? What do you think they will do? Erm, let me see. The students guild of nus/ntu head representative will write a letter and prays it gets onto the forum page of the straits times (preferably a weekday :lol on behalf of its students. It might question the need for the price hike etc etc blah blah blah yada yada yada. This is to show that the student guild has actually done something. So if the hike is still implemented and any student were to question if the student guild did do anything. The response would most likely be:"We have tried our best, but still <101 variations>". -
i'm sure living costs would have been inflated by then and that includes the school fees..Originally posted by PJ_Quek:buy education insurance when children are young, by the time when they are entering university, no need to worry so much on the school fees. -
i have a friend who is a pr in australia, he 's a s'pore citizen too...he will be going there to study masters in uni of sydney..according to him aust govt does not charge school fees for PR he only have to pay for living expenses..
here uni fees hike..hmmmmm...???