Slowing the paper chase

Future university planning would unlikely be a numbers game alone, but respond to the needs of the economy. Many of the newly created jobs today are in services which do not require formal higher education.

IN THE face of a changed labour market, Singapore may have decided to keep the local university population from increasing beyond current levels. The more cautious approach to higher education emerged from private talks that a senior education ministry official had with a US diplomat several years ago, according to WikiLeaks.