EDUCATION plays a pivotal role in nation building and, like Malaysia, the Singapore Government subsidises a large proportion of university education through grants and supplements with a full range of financial assistance schemes, including loans and bursaries.
Not all who enter university will get scholarships and those without financial assistance will have to resort to working part-time or securing bank loans to see them through their studies.
Tommy Lai, who is in his second year in a private tertiary institution, says that he is working part time to fund his studies. Full story
