Booming tuition industry : reproducing social inequality in Singapore’s education system
The Singapore education system strictly observes meritocracy where it rewards students based on individual academic performance and effort. However, the existence of a widespread private tuition industry (commonly termed as shadow education system) is problematic as education, traditionally seen as...
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| author | Liow, Ruo Yu |
| author2 | Premchand Dommaraju |
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| description | The Singapore education system strictly observes meritocracy where it rewards students based on individual academic performance and effort. However, the existence of a widespread private tuition industry (commonly termed as shadow education system) is problematic as education, traditionally seen as a vehicle for social mobility, may prove to exacerbate the widening social inequality in Singapore. While the structural-functionalist perspective asserts that a meritocratic education system rewards people based on merit and not birth, conflict theorists draw attention to how socioeconomically advantaged families can now purchase additional ‘help’ in participating in high stakes examinations. This paper explores the reasons for Singapore’s “minor national obsession” with tuition and how social inequalities are reproduced by the tuition industry. The research also serve to provide new insights into the relationship between the education system and its largely ignored shadow. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/661112019-12-10T11:09:15Z Booming tuition industry : reproducing social inequality in Singapore’s education system Liow, Ruo Yu Premchand Dommaraju School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social stratification The Singapore education system strictly observes meritocracy where it rewards students based on individual academic performance and effort. However, the existence of a widespread private tuition industry (commonly termed as shadow education system) is problematic as education, traditionally seen as a vehicle for social mobility, may prove to exacerbate the widening social inequality in Singapore. While the structural-functionalist perspective asserts that a meritocratic education system rewards people based on merit and not birth, conflict theorists draw attention to how socioeconomically advantaged families can now purchase additional ‘help’ in participating in high stakes examinations. This paper explores the reasons for Singapore’s “minor national obsession” with tuition and how social inequalities are reproduced by the tuition industry. The research also serve to provide new insights into the relationship between the education system and its largely ignored shadow. Bachelor of Arts 2016-03-11T04:14:18Z 2016-03-11T04:14:18Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66111 en Nanyang Technological University 38 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social stratification Liow, Ruo Yu Booming tuition industry : reproducing social inequality in Singapore’s education system |
| title | Booming tuition industry : reproducing social inequality in Singapore’s education system |
| title_full | Booming tuition industry : reproducing social inequality in Singapore’s education system |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Booming tuition industry : reproducing social inequality in Singapore’s education system |
| title_short | Booming tuition industry : reproducing social inequality in Singapore’s education system |
| title_sort | booming tuition industry reproducing social inequality in singapore s education system |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social stratification |
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