The CPF board provides education loan to help young people from
low income family to finance they're university education. These
loans however only provide for students who are studying in
government university like NUS and NTU. Their reason is that
because government subsidized university course fee are more
affordable - an education loan would not hinder their parent's old
age savings that way. From what I've found that, the courses
offered by SIM usually cost the same if not cheaper. I can not
think of a reason why they only provide for people who are
already enjoying government subsidy. The government speak of
providing education opportunity for the needy, shouldn't they do
the same for people who study at SIM? in my opinion SIM is quite
recognized in Singapore in the sense that a considerable number of
local student are studying in that university. It makes me wonder
what the real intention of the government really is. do they fear
the competition may arise if they ease the access to private
university? I actually wrote to the CPF on many occasions and all
they could say was 'because the regulations are written that
way.
I am a 21 year old who completed national service about half a
year ago. I scored 2A's for my preliminary exams and 2 B's for my A
level but i got rejected by NUS and NTU science fac after going
through their interview because they found out i do not have any
CCA achievements. The fact is i was working by the age of 14 to
support myself and i don't have time for any CCA commitments. I am
now enrolled to SIM and i'm facing a lot of difficulty because I am
due to pay for the course fee at the end of this month. I have got
some savings from national service and my part time job but they're
not enough ( stupid me i did'nt try to save more) Now i'm about
$1,500 short. I've consulted my MPs but they only make matter
worse. I wrote to CPF board to appeal for a loan but to no avail. I
tried to obtain a bank loan but was rejected by all the banks
because of my low household income. I have 2 siblings who are still
studying and they're doing too badly in school to start working
part time like i did. I am working on a project now that will earn
me about 1.5k, but the thing is i will only get the money by the
end of next month and there's just no way i can ask for advance
pay. Many of my friends advised me to start working first and save
enough to begin school next year. But they're not me, they do not
know how much i wish to ease the financial burden of my family and
receive a proper education at the same time. I have no worries
about repaying for any loan because I've secured a job that will
earn me $1200 for 2 hours a day.
Does anybody know how else i can seek help from the government?
hopefully obtaining a loan.
Well, since you have "secured a job
that will earn me $1200 for 2 hours a day.", work for one month, 2
hours a day, 5 days a week, and you will have 24k. The max you need
to pay for one semester is less than 5k, so problem
solved!
