The future of further education
The presidents of Singapore's six universities discuss the country's evolving higher education landscape over the years, the challenges in recruiting the best students and faculty, and what they hope to see in the Republic's university education scene in the coming decade
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Q: How would you describe the current state of Singapore's university education landscape, and how has it evolved over the last 50 years since independence?
Tan Chorh Chuan: The development of Singapore's university education landscape over the past 50 years has been dramatic.
Today, about 30 per cent of students in a primary one school cohort will be able to study in a local university, rising to 40 per cent by 2020. In 1965, the figure was only 3 per cent.
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