Singapore universities make 2,000 extra undergrad offers amid pandemic

Annabeth Leow

Published Mon, Jul 6, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

LOCAL universities will take in Singaporean undergraduates whose overseas study plans were thrown into disarray by Covid-19, the Education Ministry (MOE) said on Monday.

Some 2,000 extra offers were made to an unspecified number of fresh school-leavers, which are expected to bump up this year's autonomous university cohort participation rate from 40 per cent to up to 42 per cent.

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