‘Who says Singapore is not politically mature?’: Janil Puthucheary

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a pre-conference survey by IPS, which showed that younger respondents tend to be more civically engaged compared with their older counterparts. This younger group participates in such activities both online and offline, and feels more empowered to create change.

meritocracy and how it may propagate intergenerational inequality, where families of high socio-economic standing can fund the development of their children. In response, he said it is unworkable to absolutely ensure that there is no difference between every child.

What is being done is to have programmes that help those who do not have the benefit of intergenerational transfers, such as in pre-schools and early childhood education, where the skills and expertise of educators and social workers are applied to those who do not have any advantage. “Meritocracy is something that needs to be nurtured and grown, tended to carefully, (and) adjustments made along the way

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