Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools
Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools were established by the Singapore government in 1979, against the backdrop of vanishing vernacular schools. Nine well-established Chinese- medium schools were transformed into bilingual schools with the aim of preserving an environment that would nurture social...
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| author | Yeo, Rachel Si Hui |
| author2 | Premchand Varma Dommaraju |
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| description | Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools were established by the Singapore government in 1979, against the backdrop of vanishing vernacular schools. Nine well-established Chinese- medium schools were transformed into bilingual schools with the aim of preserving an environment that would nurture social discipline and cultural values. Today, these schools are attended by a Chinese majority and a handful of ethnic minorities who pursue Mandarin as their mother tongue. Building on existing research on racial identity work and liminality, this study examines how such high-achieving ethnic minorities cope with being stigmatised and marginalised, as well as their sense of identity upon leaving their SAP schools. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/737552019-12-10T12:08:08Z Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools Yeo, Rachel Si Hui Premchand Varma Dommaraju School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools were established by the Singapore government in 1979, against the backdrop of vanishing vernacular schools. Nine well-established Chinese- medium schools were transformed into bilingual schools with the aim of preserving an environment that would nurture social discipline and cultural values. Today, these schools are attended by a Chinese majority and a handful of ethnic minorities who pursue Mandarin as their mother tongue. Building on existing research on racial identity work and liminality, this study examines how such high-achieving ethnic minorities cope with being stigmatised and marginalised, as well as their sense of identity upon leaving their SAP schools. Bachelor of Arts 2018-04-06T08:28:12Z 2018-04-06T08:28:12Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73755 en 30 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences Yeo, Rachel Si Hui Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools |
| title | Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools |
| title_full | Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools |
| title_fullStr | Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools |
| title_short | Ethnic minorities in Singapore’s SAP schools |
| title_sort | ethnic minorities in singapore s sap schools |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73755 |
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