By product of our great education system!

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Actually parents also partly at fault too!

136 youths arrested for loanshark-related activities, half were students
Posted: 20 October 2009

SINGAPORE : The Minister for Education, Ng Eng Hen, said 136 youths were arrested for loanshark-related harassment activities between October last year and September this year.

Almost half were students.

Dr Ng shared the statistic in a written reply to a parliamentary question from MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, Lee Bee Wah.

He said the reasons for school children being lured into working for such activities are complex.

Dr Ng said parents, as primary caregivers, must take responsibility to monitor the after-school activities of their children and who they are interacting with so as to provide timely guidance.

He said schools can play a complementary reinforcing role.

For example, they collaborate with relevant agencies or authorities to guide students back on the right track. - CNA

 

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How are you going to get a bunch of straight laced goody two shoes who have just finished uni and are trying to find meaningful and respectable employment to rein in kids who have basically spent half their childhood on the streets?

If I were one of these kids, I wouldn't do what my teacher tells me to do.