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Unpaid school fees – What are the teachable moments?

Unpaid school fees – What are the teachable moments?

Here are thoughts on the issue of the student not getting the original PSLE results over unpaid fees, which has gone viral online and MOE has officially responded. The incident reminded me of a case I took when helping at a Meet-People-Session in Aljunied GRC a few years back. It was almost 9.30 pm then, which was the closing... 

Holding back PSLE result slip due to non payment of school fees

Holding back PSLE result slip due to non payment of school fees

I shared a post by Gilbert Goh about a poor student who was not able to get the original PSLE result slip because her parents owed some money to the school. I described this practice as "very bad". Here is my post. The Ministry of Education gave their reply, as reported here. MOE said that the holding back of the result slip... 

Why Singaporeans develop Stockholm syndrome when it comes to hiring foreigners

Why Singaporeans develop Stockholm syndrome when it comes to hiring foreigners

Last year, MOM decided to cut the quota on Work Permits and S-Passes on foreigners. I have experienced and witnessed the emotional backlash when MOM decided not to renew these foreigners’ work permits. I term this the Stockholm Syndrome – this phenomenon is developed during the Stockholm bank robbery in 1973 when victims... 



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