OPINION: Competition from foreigners forcing Singaporean students into more tuition

PRWeb.com, 13 Oct 2012
In 2011, NTU Current President Freddy Boey was reported saying that the NTU’s international student enrollment is at its peak at the moment with about 18 per cent of students coming from overseas. The competition that every Singaporean child will face is overwhelming if they do not equip themselves with tuition to reduce risk of failure
Though an interview with a NTU undergraduate taking major in Computer Science, Jonathan says that he scrapped through his A levels without GP Tuition and regrets doing so. If he had known of the competition in my course with foreign talents as well as Singaporeans, he would have done better with more tuition and get a scholarship for an overseas university to improve on his job prospects in future.” Full story