Sporeans dreams of overseas education dashed....scholarship

• qpicanto

  12 Jul 07, 10:50

  for many displaced Singaporeans who are no contended with a poly education , they are forced to pay a higher price for a overseas tertiary education as the local u continue to reserve sizable number of places for foreign students.
  
  nevertheless, tough willed ordinary Sporeans' parents are braving themselves for a harder time ahead to give their kids a headstart in life., even it meant downgrading to a smaller apartment.
  
  Ironically and unjustly, Singaporeans own CPF monies are NOT allowed to pay for an overseas education.
  
  On the other hand, kids from well to do family whose parents can be drawing sizable income are granted scholarship. Bond would be totally ineffective for these rich families if it is a reason to tie them down.
  
  Qualified kids get stuck in poly, sizable local u places reserved for foreign students (in Boon Lay estate about ten blocks of flats have been retrofited to accomodate them.. tenants and shops relocated ).
  

• carrotsoup

  12 Jul 07, 13:47

  what do you mean our cpf monies is not going overseas, look at Temasek's oversea education follies: suzhou, shin corp, indonesia telecoms.
• zix1

  12 Jul 07, 13:54

  sad, but that's the way life is here in Singapore. Give thanks to the govt. Thank you. They give scholarship to overseas students because they want genius, intelligent brains here. They choose to have these students here in local uni over our students who are so keen to go local uni. Eligible local students who go for uni got to apply for loan for uni study, they spend $$$ to get overseas students here. Such a good govt, we love ???? question mark????
• bila_prem

  12 Jul 07, 22:51

  So our local student spend $$$ for overseas studies and migrate overseas earn US$$$ and not Sing$$$ Peanuts and have a good life and enjoy 4 seasons with his own family and not work and toil till end of life achieving nothing. So it makes sense.
• bohiruci

  12 Jul 07, 23:02

  aiyah ...thats a sad statement , go earn more lor
  
  then u dun even need a scholarship to study
  
  its money that made the world go mah
  
  
  
  I always believe this , those who know how to earn ,might not be good in studies
  
  those who know how to study well, might not know how to earn
  
  
• qpicanto

  13 Jul 07, 21:11

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  aiyah ...thats a sad statement , go earn more lor
  
  then u dun even need a scholarship to study
  
  its money that made the world go mah
  
  
  
  I always believe this , those who know how to earn ,might not be good in studies
  
  those who know how to study well, might not know how to earn
  
  

  indeed, many a time those who missed the chance in education would excel in other areas, it is survival instinct.
  
  However  one would question the discrepancy in the CPF withdrawal's discriminatory criteria in favour of local u as against overseas u.
  
  This ruling is biased against students who only ask for headstart in life to compete with the influx of foreign degrees holders to flood our shores soon..
  

• norm

  13 Jul 07, 21:13

  should have apply for the New South Wale university that was force to close shop due to poor business. Give them more business, then they no need to close down, and u no need to travel oversea to study liao.