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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Main Author: | Tay, Joash |
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Other Authors: | Teo You Yenn |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62450 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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