A quality Singapore education
AS IN OTHER economic sectors, education figures prominently in Singapore’s global reputation. Hence, its current position as an Asian education hub attracting thousands of foreign students to learn at its institutions and schools.
Since the city-state’s secession from Malaysia in 1965, education figures highly in its national development. With no other significant natural resources, developing and educating her human resource becomes a top priority.
Singapore’s move from Third to First World status results in no small part, from investing heavily on educating its people.
And in contrast to its South-east Asian neighbours newly freed of the colonial yoke, Singapore made a crucial decision. It kept English as one of Singapore’s official languages and the working language.
The government realised from the start that English is the key to science, engineering, mathematics and other intellectual pursuits. And thus a key to the national development, progress and achievements. In fact, English helps Singapore to stay ahead of many countries in fields such as Intelligence Technology (eg., E-government), bio-medical science, financial services, education and others.
The United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund regard Singapore a successful nation. They hold Singapore highly as an example to other developing economies.
Several developing nations, Botswana, Namibia, China, India, South Africa, the Palestine Authority among others have sought Singapore’s help. They would like to apply the Singapore model, in full or in part, to their own systems.
Singapore hosts some of the best centres of learning from around the world. Its Singapore Management University is in partnership with the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania. INSEAD, the famous French business school, opened its Asian campus in Singapore, its only one outside France.
