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Singapore's decision to hike fees for foreign students distresses Malaysians parents
Malaysia News.Net
Tuesday 22nd December, 2009 (ANI)
Johor Baru (Malaysia), Dec. 22 : The Singapore Government's decision to increase the school fees for the foreign residents has caught Malaysians living in that country by surprise.
Dalillah Yusof, 46, whose three children with permanent residency are studying in Singapore, was shocked to hear about the development.
"I am currently paying 440 ringgits per year for my son in secondary school and 352 ringgits each for my son and daughter in primary school. If the Singapore Government increases the fees substantially, I may have to review my decision to send my children to schools there," The Star Online quoted her, as saying.
Singapore Education Minister Ng Eng Hen recently announced the plan to increase the school fees for foreign students as part of a move to draw a distinction between Singaporeans and non-citizens.
A businesswoman, Hiu, said she might have to consider other options should her non-PR daughter's primary school fees be increased to triple the current amount.
"She has been following the Singapore's school syllabus for the whole of primary school. It will be very difficult to take her out from the school as the syllabus is different from Malaysia," she said.
She however was thankful that the Singapore Government had given a year's notice for the proposed hike.
Currently, about eight percent of students in national schools in the republic are PRs, and four percent are international students.  Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
Attan
12-22-09, 08:47 AM |
Singapore's decision to hike fees for foreign students distresses Malaysians parents
I dont see what the fuss is all about. The government should reserve the right to impose whatever fees they want Just as the US is not the policeman of the world, Singapore should not be the educators of the world.
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shogun
12-22-09, 06:31 PM |
If the malaysian ringgit is week it is not Singapore’s fault.Further more Singapore School fees are very resonable compared to many other countries.
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Suez
12-22-09, 08:18 PM |
So now I suppose S’pore govt have finally realised that they had imported enough
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Suez
12-22-09, 08:19 PM |
So now I suppose S’pore govt have finally realised that they had imported enough
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Suez
12-22-09, 08:20 PM |
So now I suppose S’pore govt have finally realised that they had imported enough
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malaysias
12-22-09, 10:07 PM |
Singapore's decision to hike fees for foreign students distresses Malaysians parents
It shows how screwed up Malaysian Education is, all want to educate their kids in Singapore. And Singapore on the other hand wants to play dirty with the system. People needs to evaluate their priorities when comes to this matter the poor and weak education system or the expensive one.
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Nickhead
12-23-09, 02:50 AM |
Value for money
Secondary school, RM440 per year is too cheap with that type of quality. In any case, is a matter of quality you are getting and most important is value for money.
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Nickhead
12-23-09, 04:14 AM |
Peanuts for Monkey Education
You paid peanut !!! You get monkey education !!!
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porla!!
12-23-09, 05:40 AM |
pigeon hole
what is so special bout the education over there? good? i think for every students all they need is a good basic in their studies, not necessary to study there, why , i have facts to prove that many singaporean are leaving their own country for elsewhere, why is that so? because they have fail in their social structure, .even their sportsman are women are imported, even they win something it is all hollow victory..
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Ah Fu
12-23-09, 10:23 PM |
Are they robber ?
I,m singapore PR & my wife also my child are forienger (not yet PR )now one is K1 and the other is N1 their school feed is aroung S$1100 .Is it not enought ? went more ?
ARE THEY ROBBER ?
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