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I refer to the article “Parliament: New online jobs marketplace to help jobseekers through slowdown” (Straits Times, Oct 10). Only 500 locals jobs increase past 18 months It states that “He acknowledged that many were concerned that local employment growth has been flat, with a net increase of just 500 over the past 18... 

Read this article then you will understand the ridiculous stress & large financial expenses that young S’porean students & their parents are subjected to. I can understand if parents think that it’s an investment for their children, but in today’s technologically-driven environment, would such investments pay... 

When the PAP reward system is based solely on the exam grades, how do you expect parents to think otherwise? Go for grades at the cost of everything else and forget about real education or equipping the mind with an ability to think. All you need is to look at the PAP Civil Servants who are all extremely lavishly paid compared...