A, B, E but no place in the local universities
MY DAUGHTER'S recent applications for entry to the three local
universities - Nanyang Technological University, National
University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University -
were all rejected. The reasons given were an overwhelming response,
limited places in the universities and stiff competition.
My daughter is an above-average
student who had excelled in sports. She has met all the
criteria for entry to a local university. Is being eligible not
enough? Must one now get extraordinary grades to be granted a place
in university?
Like her, many young Singaporeans her age must have had their dream
of pursuing a higher education dashed recently. Ironically, the
universities are still advertising for applications. Are they
looking for A-star performers who have more than one option? Are
they raising their standards for applicants so that they will be
able to improve their world ranking - just like an elite school or
junior college that accepts only the best in Singapore so that
ultimately its ranking will be at the top?
The Minister for Education had said that 'no Singaporean should be
deprived of a good education', so what about the many students,
like my daughter, who are qualified to enter university after two
years of hard slog, only to be told that they had not been selected
due to limited vacancies and stiff competition?
The Education Ministry should look into this problem with a sense
of urgency as it only shows a lack of planning to meet the
aspirations of young Singaporeans who want to study for a
degree.
Local universities are publicly funded. Isn't it about loyalty and
kinship that citizens are given a chance to study there as long as
they are eligible for entry?
Are my daughter's grades of an A, B, C (General Paper) and an E not
good enough?
My son, who is 27 years old and had
A-level grades of A, B and C, graduated with a Second Upper Class
Honours degree in the Arts and Social Sciences at NUS.
See Chee Wee
Wad do u guys think? From the red-coloured points.. I tink the
auntie has a problem with her ego..
She cant accept that her kid did not get into university.. I don't
see how her kid is an ABOVE AVERAGE student though.. 
Cant wait to see how the 3 unis will reply to her..
Moreover, she nv state her daughter chioce rite.. Wad if she put
things like MEdicine and nv get in? Unis fault ar?
Auntie.. Grow up lar.. I dun see why u need to bring ur son's 2nd
upper honors into the picture also..
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