S'porean needs to pay for education but FT get it free

Alfresco coffeeshop SG · 2005-10-22T09:18:17+00:00

lol... they cant even cater to local students..want to look for overseas students...FUCKED UP I TELL U

Alfresco coffeeshop SG

Singapore markets education services in India
By Channel NewsAsia's India Correspondent Vaibhav Varma

SINGAPORE : Singapore is marketing its education services in India in a big way, eyeing the large number of Indian students eager to study abroad.

Singapore as an education hub that caters to students from all over the world -- that is the message behind the two-week Singapore Education Fair in India.

With growing numbers of Indian students eager to study overseas, it is a big market to be tapped.

Said Siew-Kheng Kang, director (international relations) at the Singapore Tourism Board, "We see that the numbers for instance for '06 and '07 -- there's something like 160,000 Indian students looking to go overseas. We think we can offer something that they would find very attractive in Singapore."

STB held the event together with 18 institutions, among them the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.

Besides the capital New Delhi, the roadshow also travelled to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

Said Bridget Goh, area director (South India) at STB, "When we promote 'World Class Education is Closer Than You Think' in the Indian market, we are actually telling the students that they could actually receive a brand name university education, say for example INSIA, where they don't have to fly all the way to Europe, they could just have it in Singapore."

Career counselling was a popular feature of the fair, which attracted more than 20,000 people at each venue.

Joint promotion of education is part of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement signed between the two governments.

Said Ravi S Sharma, director (India strategy) at NTU, "Whereas for over 10 years we have been interested in India, I think the critical mass has taken time to build. Today for sure that critical mass is there and is substantial. So I suppose from both sides we were waiting for this time, and that time has come."

Apart from tertiary courses, the fair also introduced Singapore as an ideal choice for primary and secondary education.

In just the last two years, the number of Singaporean educational institutions calling on India has doubled and that is set to rise further.

There have been a number of new initiatives between India and Singapore in the political and business arenas, and strengthening of the educational bridge is a happy outcome. - CNA /ct

Alfresco coffeeshop SG

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Cindyfeh SG

I suspect perfum and air fresherner sales will skyrocket in the next few years.

spinex SG

Not only do they get it free. We give them money to spend, house to live in and pretty singapore chicks to flirt with.

When we study overseas eg UK, US Australia, we pay the school to study, pay the landlord to stay in the house and lose our pretty singaporean girlfriends to FT in Singapore while we are trying to study overseas.

Does it sound fair? You decide.

TooFree SG

WAIT A MINUTE! Where in the article justified your thread title?

spinex SG

So many of our own local talent cannot get a place in our own country's university. Our already poor parents have to cough out money to send us overseas, or we have to settle for lower paying jobs. While we pay FT money to occupy thousands upon thousands of university slots so that we can call our university a global university. Is this fair?

You decide.

True, the FT are on bond here, but most of them will leave for greener pastures (US, UK) or back home to their countries after their bond. Will 4-5 years of tertiary education make them Singaporean?

You decide.

The garment wants to make Singapore an education hub, and education destination. We should charge the FT a higher price (but cheaper than Australia, UK, US) to come here to study. That way we can make money for ourselves through school fees, lodging etc and help subsidise our local education for our citizens. Instead of charging our local citizens more for their education, raising the GST, to subsidise the FT coming here in the hope they will stay and find a home and job here.
Reasonable arguement?

You decide.

foxwalk SG

the social fabric is tearing at its seams with the infiltration of intrusive culture (and smells)

Mr Soh SG

Originally posted by TooFree:
WAIT A MINUTE! [b]Where in the article justified your thread title?[/b]

There is no question of justifying..some things are skeletons hidden in the closet.....

Mr Soh SG

Do u know that FT many may want to settle in countries like US where

1) Natural surroundings and less crowded :- nice lake, Bungalow
2) no NS
3) higher paid
4) No Coe
5) No ERP

TooFree SG

Originally posted by spinex:

So many of our own local talent cannot get a place in our own country's university. Our already poor parents have to cough out money to send us overseas, or we have to settle for lower paying jobs. While we pay FT money to occupy thousands upon thousands of university slots so that we can call our university a global university. Is this fair?

Define local talent.

1. Self-proclaim one or real talent?
2. Are they being denied a place in Uni.?

True, the FT are on bond here, but most of them will leave for greener pastures (US, UK) or back home to their countries after their bond. Will 4-5 years of tertiary education make them Singaporean?

Heard about globalisation? This is what most Uni in the world are doing.

The garment wants to make Singapore an education hub, and education destination. We should charge the FT a higher price (but cheaper than Australia, UK, US) to come here to study. That way we can make money for ourselves through school fees, lodging etc and help subsidise our local education for our citizens. Instead of charging our local citizens more for their education, raising the GST, to subsidise the FT coming here in the hope they will stay and find a home and job here.
Reasonable arguement?

Agree. If it is win-win situation why not. Mr. Green

Mr Soh SG

When ever got social fabric here?

TooFree SG

Can't be. That is dangerous. Imagination do run wilds. Mr. Green

spinex SG

I think the government has done a great job over the years with improvement in our education system. They have tried many bold things some have gone well (eg compulsory education, use of english as a common language etc), while others have not (compulsory SATs, over emphasis on school ranking).

I do hope that their scheme of encourging more foriegn nationals to come here to study will eventually, in the long run, turn out to be positive. It has already been a very long project (10years) and we do see an evident influx of foriegn national students. Lets just hope they are right and this will turn out to become, more jobs for us singaporeans, a high standard of living, more pay in our pockets, and a more diverse and more interesting culture here in singapore.

Though in the short term we might have to put up with some problems and complains, lets hope that the final outcome will be sweet.

But if they are wrong,.... oh well,.... we did elect our gorment didn't we.

spinex SG

If i'm not wrong, they are being very heavily subsidised. They pay approximately what singaporeans pay maybe 10-20% more. But they have a 3 year bond to serve out.

As compared to US and UK where the foriegn student pays 100% or 200% more than the local student so that the foreign student helps to subsidise the local education.

SnowFlag SG

why these days so many people calling singaporean stupid? Eg Li Ao n Lee wei ling. Rolling Eyes

SnowFlag SG

many foreign students in uni is sponsored by the gahment.

spinex SG

Heard about globalisation? This is what most Uni in the world are doing.

Other universities around the world either
1. charge a lot of money for the student to study there (as the univeristy is world famous and their degree is more recongnised)
2. give out scholarships or bursaries, if the student is super good and might bring glory to the university.

Our approach is slightly different.

1. We don't earn much from these FT, and
2. we dont get the 1st tier of students from those countries. The 1st tier will have already gone to UK or to the US.

Our globalisation is slightly different.

2. Are they being denied a place in Uni.?

It is true, I know many singaporeans who from the poly cannot get into a singaporean university, as their grades are not good enough to get into the course they want, as they cannot compete with their fallow singaporeans and the FT from other countries. They, with those same grades, can get into a UK university or Australian university, if their parents are rich enough to afford it. If there were no FTs in singaporean universities, I'm sure they will have a higher chance to get into a uni here with their grades.

Recently a newspaper article also mentioned that some courses here in singapore are more than 50% made up of FT. Just make a trip down to the Science Canteen at NUS, you can see so many FTs here. Thats a living fact. The Science Computer science and Engineering departments are loaded with FTs. Singaporeans fill up the departments of Arts and Social, Medicine, Law etc.

Honeybunz SG

Wanna see what else the FT gets?

www.irc.org.sg

vito_corleone SG

its the return of the munnabhai aka sexieststudintheworld aka rahmania Laughing

Honeybunz SG

Confused