18 July 2007…
The Education Minister states in Parliament that of 23,000 foreign students who applied to local universities, “only 987 or 4.3% were given places.”
The Ministry of Education later clarified that out of 23,000 foreign students who applied, the actual number admitted was 4,218, or closer to 20%.
Why did the Education Minister get it wrong in the first place?
Read the report on ChannelNewsAsia here:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/289193/1/.html
As well as blogosphere commentaries here:
http://nedstark.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/re-clarifications-on-university-admission/
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/07/20/ministers-blunder-a-cause-for-concern/
