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Education Article 4
Class divide
Survey by the Institute of Policy Studies showed that class divide is the biggest divide in Singapore
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A society with more rigid class divides is less resilient than one where people know they can cross social divides with ease
Cohesion, cooperation, compassion comes naturally to societies with less rigid class divide
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What can be done
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Create systems of differences, where diverse range of skills and values become priviledged
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Social distance (distance that emerges among groups on racial, class, gender, sexuality lines)
Affective social distance (the idea that those of one group identify with and feel more for others in the same group)
Results when the academically gifted go on to have good jobs and assume leadership positions in the public or private sectors feel a sense of kinship with those like themselves
Normative social distance (notion that people like oneself is the "norm"/insiders that should get the rewards in a system)
Can be seen when the public sector elite, many of whom come from similar academic backgrounds, then appoint one another to the boards of the many government agencies, government linked companies, Temasek-linked companies
Policymakers may structure policies that reward people like themselves and unconsciously discriminate against those who are different
In danger of becoming an academic aristocracy with a ruling class of scholar-administrators who permeates the public sector and political ranks
Already good
Upwardly mobile
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Gap in getting either a degree or diploma between adults with tertiary-educated parents and those with less-educated parents has narrowed considerably
Competent
More than 4 in 10 15 year olds from the lowest socio-economic quarter have core math, reading and science skills - third best in the world
World beaters
Around 1 in 2 15 year olds from the lowest socio-economic quarter is ranked among the top quarter of their international peers, higher than the average of around 1 in 3
Improvements
Mix across schools
Concentration of disadvantaged kids in certain schools has gone up slightly, from 41 per cent in 2009 to 46 per cent in 2015
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