Here is the innitial post of this discussion..Help grads who do as well as foreign talent
RECENTLY, I befriended a group of scholars from China studying at my alma mater, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). They were in their late teens and were attending foundation courses in English and maths before starting their undergraduate studies. In their five-year sojourn at NTU, they will be given free lodging and a monthly allowance of $500 each. Needless to say, they do not have to pay for their tuition fees. When they graduate, they must work in Singapore for six years as part of their 'payback'' bond.
A highly conservative calculation of their five-year tenure at NTU suggests that each will cost the Government or NTU some $70,000. That is, $30,000 for their five-year tuition fees, including the charges for their foundation courses, and some $40,000 for hostel accommodation and their monthly stipends. I graduated from NTU five years ago, with a good honours degree.
I was in the top 15 per cent of my co (more...)
my point:
i fully comprehend him in feeling irritated about that he need to take a huge loan while other classmates are having scholarship, espcially he score better than some of the scholars.
however,
1. foreign scholar need to bond in SG for 6 years. so totally need to stay in SG for 10 years. the golden 10 years are spent in SG only.
2. scholarship is granted based on the preceding achievement, not what you perform after taking scholarship. but perhaps writer can suggest MOE to issue some post-study scholarship for the top 15% students, in which case he will be included.
3. lastly, in fact, we all understand that the main reason to offer this deal is to attack foreign graduates to stay in SG, hopefully to stay here forever! how many kids can writer give birth? and many ppl know that gov need new babies from "talent", no matter who they are, where they from. if not, then wait for our malay brothers and sisters to continue their high birth-rate for more generations, then chinese turn out to be minority group lor!
conclusion: too simple, too naive! but pathetic still, as he should have studied better in JC so as to get some scholarship. nevertheless, talking too much on yesterday seems less meaningful than striving for tomorrow!
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