Singapore rands 145 in List of countries by spending on education (% of GDP).

Singapore spends very little on the education of her students in terms of GDP.

No 145 in a list of 197 countries - PAP govt spends only 3% of its GDP on education.

In ASEAN, Thailand and Malaysia spends 4.1% of its GDP on education, Vietnam at 5.3%, and Brunei at 3.7%

Below Singapore are Philippines and Indonesia at 2.8%, Laos at 2.3%, and Cambodia at 2.1%.
These are the countries that send their women to work as maids in Singapore. Notice the one common factor.

True First World states like USA and UK spends 5.5% of GDP on education. Nordic countries rank even higher - Finland spends 5.9% of GDP on education, Sweden at 6.6%, and Norway at 6.8%. The Danes are highest in Europe at 7.8%

( Failed states like Sudan spend 27.8% but then, their GDP is very low. Timor Leste at 16.8 %.)

If Singapore claims to be a First World country, why are we spending so little on Education? I know the answer - because the PAP govt makes parents pay for their kids' education - Parents pay hundreds each month to send their kids to Kindergarten. University fees are in the region of 10k to 30k per year or more. Unless we spend more on Education especially at Tertiary levels, we do not qualify to call ourselves as part of the First World. Parents from truely First World countries do not need to struggle as hard to send their kids to University.

Education is a basic right of a citizen. Why should the PAP abdicate its' responsibilities? Because parents are like sheep. We accept the shit thrown to us by the uncaring PAP government. Families without means are not be able to send their kids to University in Singapore. To put it bluntly - "You Die is Your Own Business"

List of countries by spending on education (% of GDP)
View the chart here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_spending_on_education_(%25_of_GDP)

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what about welfare?i dont think we spend even 1% of gdp on welfare.

every cuntry must learn from sg. from the excellent standard of education in sg, it's amazing how so little can produce such overwhelming and fantastic results compared to the rest of the world. it only proves that the pap is the best gov in the world in capital efficiency and astute funding of education to achieve world class standards. meanwhile in the u.s., it's a perpetual black hole of education funding where more money is thrown uselessly at abysmal results.

n on dat li'l amount spent, how much of it was spent on ft education? ... if u take dat out, ranking wud even b lowerer ...

frenchbriefs said:

what about welfare?i dont think we spend even 1% of gdp on welfare.

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Why would anyone need welfare when you can rely on your CPF.

I thought the real education of sinkieland is from tuition.

Why would anyone need education when you can rely on rent-seeking?

Oh ooops sorry, that's only for the elites................... paiseh.....................

johnny333 said:

Why would anyone need welfare when you can rely on your CPF.

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Well, at least the MOE gets an 'A" for effort, especially when it comes to educating the kids on certain things.

tonychat said:

I thought the real education of sinkieland is from tuition.

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That tuition is required shows that the official schools are not doing their jobs in educating the kids. Hence the need for extra lessons ... Anyway, the quality of our graduates are below par, lacking a world view and unable to innovate.

That's what happens when you are not encouraged to question authority/teachers ....