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Yesterday, PAP’s Tan See Leng shared in parliament that the proportion of Employment Pass (EP) holders from India doubled to 25 per cent last year, from 14 per cent in 2005. He says that this is driven by the growth of our digital economy and technological sector, rather than CECA, and emphasized that …

A Singapore teacher commemorated his 2nd year of leaving the teaching service by penning a poignant open letter addressed to all Singaporeans explaining the rot at the top of the Singapore education service.

I wasn’t exactly a bright kid in school, or rather I wasn’t good at memorizing. Nevertheless, I made an effort to study when I was a student at a local Polytechnic and graduated with an GPA of very close to 3.7.

The Ministry of Education has really got to make up their mind on the definition of "holiday". When you give students 2 assignments, a project, and loads of other homework and having to revise for a damn test ON THE WEEK after June Holidays is over, is that really a holiday, or more of a "home based learning" or "study-at-home month"? Because that's what I think would be a more appopriate name for this period of "holidays".

The education system of the PAP has produced many people who cannot think but will follow their leaders blindly. If the leader introduces any stupid measure and tell them that this is to prevent terrorism or national defense, they will believe it it blindly and defend the measure totally. It does not matter that the measure is ineffective or wasteful.

I was a school dropout when I was 14/15 but now I'm a lecturer in a public university in Singapore. I joined the gang and was caught by police several times.I did the usual things which a gangster would do back then: gang fight, underage smoking, extortion, etc.. The reason why I'm sharing this is because our society needs to encourage people like me who try to blend into the society. I feel that our government should do more to help people like us.

So what gives you an A in one country can sometimes give you an F in others. Something to think about, and wonder what that really means for the Singaporean society and the way we value the people who live in it.