(demand outstrip supply) outstrips all concerns

good news or bad? the thought of a 4th university seems to be bandied around as a solution for the blatant lack of university places. maybe the 5th if some do have their way.luckily the government has tried to address the lack of merit goods,although I do not rule out the possibility of them making it a overkill

simply put it: what does adding 200 places to NUS and NTU each mean? if it means that the supply problems is just eased a bit. fine enough, but then it probably meant that students still suffer from a lack of info anyoldhow. fact is,there's an oversubscription of some really popular faculties,at the expense of others,and that probably mean that supply problems won't be eased by the addition of university places. I don't mind the fact that you should chase your dreams,but the shuddering fact is that everybody's kinda have a fixed mindset of what they should be doing.

as for the gripes of the poly students,I suspect it has something to do with the conservatism of the current 3 today. what happens is that in the university,the tutorial/lecture based mainstream of Singapore(and maybe the world) academia runs counter to the practically based stance of the polys. with book crunching all the rage,and sadly,habit of all the best students,they are better understood overseas than at home,as if a lost prophet who heralded changes for the better ironically wasn't welcomed at home. in the academic conservatism of paper qualifications,polys lose out

which means,don't put too much hopes on any reforms,lest the JC students start cranking up their mugging machines again and start runneth over