Parentocracy : the new meritocracy in the face of widening social inequality

The Singapore education system strictly observes meritocracy. It rewards students based on individual academic performance and effort. However, meritocracy places students with fundamentally different background on seemingly equal footing, allowing parents to leverage on the meritocratic education s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tay, Joash
Other Authors: Teo You Yenn
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62450