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Are some parents doing their children a favour?
The Straits Times|March 17, 2025
So many parents hanker after elite schools for their children?

FROM B1 so many parents hanker after elite schools for their children? Do these schools really better the outcomes for their students? If so, how? And can this be reproduced in other schools?

What about the students who push themselves to qualify for top schools — what drives them?

And why do so many parents feel that their children, even those doing well in their examinations, need private tuition?

Private tuition has been in the news recently because of the latest spending figures and the MOE announcing that it was looking at ways to discourage undesirable advertising by the industry.

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