NUS submits proposal for tuition fee changes
By Dylan Loh | Posted: 08 February 2012 2021 hrs <LINK rel=image_src href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/components/display_image.php?id=482280">
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SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) has submitted a proposal for tuition fee adjustments to the Education Ministry.
It is awaiting the ministry's reply and could not comment on the nature of the proposed adjustments.
But in a meeting with student leaders on Wednesday, NUS announced that it was increasing financial aid for needy students.
Bursaries for needy students will increase by S$4.5 million bringing the overall aid amount to S$9.5 million, starting from academic year 2012-2013.
These are aimed at helping over 1,100 needy Singaporean students at NUS.
The money will be disbursed from August when the new school term starts.
The varsity says students from the bottom 20 per cent of households in terms of average income per family member will get the most help.
It adds that previous tuition fee hikes were reasonable.
NUS Provost, Professor Tan Eng Chye, said that 70 per cent of the university's budget is spent on the salaries of the faculty staff. "Salaries. Right, and I think all of us, when we work in a company, we all yearn to see some salary adjustments every year. So do all the faculty staff."
During the financial downturn in 2009, fee hikes for public universities were put on the backburner. But fees went up in 2010 and 2011.
All eyes are now on when Singapore's tertiary institutions will officially announce their fee structures for 2012.
In response to media queries, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) said that any adjustments to their tuition fees will be announced in due course.
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SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) has submitted a proposal for tuition fee adjustments to the Education Ministry.
It is awaiting the ministry's reply and could not comment on the nature of the proposed adjustments.
But in a meeting with student leaders on Wednesday, NUS announced that it was increasing financial aid for needy students.
Bursaries for needy students will increase by S$4.5 million bringing the overall aid amount to S$9.5 million, starting from academic year 2012-2013.
These are aimed at helping over 1,100 needy Singaporean students at NUS.
The money will be disbursed from August when the new school term starts.
The varsity says students from the bottom 20 per cent of households in terms of average income per family member will get the most help.
It adds that previous tuition fee hikes were reasonable.
NUS Provost, Professor Tan Eng Chye, said that 70 per cent of the university's budget is spent on the salaries of the faculty staff. "Salaries. Right, and I think all of us, when we work in a company, we all yearn to see some salary adjustments every year. So do all the faculty staff."
During the financial downturn in 2009, fee hikes for public universities were put on the backburner. But fees went up in 2010 and 2011.
All eyes are now on when Singapore's tertiary institutions will officially announce their fee structures for 2012.
In response to media queries, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) said that any adjustments to their tuition fees will be announced in due course.
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