The phenomenon of private tuition has raised a furore in Singapore especially in the recent years. There have been many debates in the public sphere and the Parliament of Singapore about the significantly huge number of students enrolling in tuitions despite Singapore having one of the best education system in the world. Private tuition used to be provided for students who are academically poorer in their studies, however most students nowadays are also taking up tuition classes regardless of their academic capabilities. Private tuition seems to have become a necessity for students. And this has led to concerns being raised with regards to this problem.
Firstly, private tuition can contribute to the worsening of social inequality in Singapore. According to Professor Bray, “The shadow system [private tuition] maintains and exacerbates inequalities.” (as cited in M. Nirmala, 2013, p A20) The richer families can easily get a better tuition for their children while the poorer families will find it difficult and pressured to get their children enrol in tuition in order to keep up with the rest on getting good grades. The fact is that not every family can afford to send their children to a prestigious tuition thus the gap between the rich and the poor will be widen further. For example, the poor in the developing country do not have the financial capabilities to enrol their children to schools while the rich can afford to finance their children to the best education. Children from the poorer families will remain uneducated and poor, not to mention their next generation who will be facing the same problem in the future. The educated children from the rich will ultimately grow up to be future elites and their children will also follow the...
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Fort pillow massacre was one of the most controversial battles of the civil war. This battle was a gateway to the eventual fair treatment towards blacks. Although it was a controversial battle it helped unify the country by the end of the war. This massacre gave federalists more of a reason to fight and also gave confederates more reason to defend themselves.
On April 12, 1861, squadrons of soldiers opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort 33 hours later. Sumter was one of the United States’ last outposts in the recently formed Confederacy of former Southern states. With its fall, the American Civil War began. Lasting four years, the Civil War tore apart what Abraham Lincoln had termed the “bonds of affection” between the North and South. Yet it was not a spontaneous occurrence. What incited the Confederacy to fire on Fort Sumter had its roots in deeply entrenched divisions that had been on the verge of bursting for years. The Civil War owed its existence to three crucial factors: the never-ending debate over slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and sectional tensions fueled by the Republican Party. Each of these contributed majorly to the development of what would become the most devastating war fought on American soil.
President Abraham Lincoln, although he personally disliked slavery, was willing to accept slavery, as long as it could be preserved and would not spread to other states. The South began to rebel and President Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on 22nd of September 1862 stating if the southern states did not stop their rebellion by the first of January 1863, then the Proclamation would go into effect and would declare the slaves free. The Emancipation Proclamation, although it was not able to free any slaves, was still an important turning point of the war and also economically, socially, and politically impacted the Civil War.
This was issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1863, after the Union victory at Antietam. It declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” It also allowed the newly freed African Americans to join the Civil War as well. The Emancipation Proclamation states “And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.” Emancipation was arguably a military tactic that reduced the Confederacy’s resources and strength. Enlistment provided opportunities to help defeat the proslavery Confederacy, but the Confederacy refused to recognize captured black troops as military prisoners. The Civil War began due to the institution of slavery; the South fought to preserve it. Emancipation Proclamation invited slaves to bear arms and opened new avenues to freedom for blacks. Emancipation of slaves to the Confederacy exacerbated their fears of white subordination, slave rebellions, and a
When the Civil War was approaching its third year, United States President Abraham Lincoln was able to make the slaves that were in Confederate states that were still in rebellion against the Union forever free. Document A states that on January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and that every enslaved person residing in the states that were “In rebellion against the United States” were free and that the Executive Government of the United States and that the military and naval authority were to recognize them and could not act against them at all. Although the Proclamation did not free every slave in the Confederacy, it was able to release about 3.5 million slaves. Along with freeing all of those slaves, it also stated that African American men were allowed to enlist with the Union and aid them in the war.
The critical challenge within in today’s society is that college tuition should be free or if not free, more affordable for all students. Certainly, higher education should not be considered a luxury where only the wealthy could afford, but an opportunity for all caste systems. It must be an accessible and affordable opportunity for all students in order for them to invest in their education. Higher education is important because it provides more careers to choose from than the careers offered without having a college degree. Ultimately, the issue here is whether it is right to make college tuition more affordable for the students.
The Union army started with 2,128,949 men while the Confederates started with 1,082, 119. The casualties at the end of the war totaled to 620,000 deaths. The Emancipation Proclamation was ratified in January 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln. The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to turn the purpose of the war from fighting to preserve the Union to fighting for human freedom. It helped win the war because the free slaves and free blacks were allowed to be recruited in the Union army, and it stopped the South from using the slaves as laborers in the field to support the Confederate army. The Emancipation Proclamation was meant to free slaves in the states that were rebelling. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation freed only a few slaves, it led to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in the Constitution, the abolishment of slavery in all of the United States of America. The purpose of Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation was to free the slaves, unify the United States again, and break the economic foundation of the
The tuition increases have come in response to the lack of federal funding to universities, leading them to find their own way to provide for their upkeep. “Recent increases in university tuition fees are part of a new entrepreneurial trend in higher education in which institutions are expected to generate more of their own revenue” (Quirke). The universities have decided that since they can no longer look towards federal funds to fuel their costs of maintenance and revenue, they must find a new route towards attaining much needed funds, and they have chosen to walk down a path of increasing tuition.
Many people believe that “having an economy that places a greater value on skills and education is a good thing” and that is the thing that is needed to improve people’s lives and futures (Baicker, Lazear). If what our economy is trying to do a good thing they why are so many students still suffering? The main issues are the low-income education that many students have. Many schools are getting money from the government but that is not enough to pay for everything students need. Educational standards have continued to increase throughout the years but that does not help the students who are unable to pay for the better education. These students who cannot pay for the better education are stuck barely getting by with a low education. A low-education can affect many areas of regular schooling. The students who are at low-income schools do not know what type of disadvantage they have compared to other students across the country. These students believe that they are getting the best education, but there are many students who are getting a better education at a school that has the funds to pay for everything their students need. Low-income students are suffering due to the environment they are in at school and they continue to suffer throughout their life due to it. These students will continue to suffer unless something is done about the low-income schools and improve them for the future. Improvement has to come from all areas, not just one aspect of schooling but from all aspects. Although education has improved along with technology many low-income students still suffer from the vast inequalities. These inequalities will take many years to find a way to fix and even more years to actually fix, until this happens the students will...
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 during the civil war, as main goal to win the war. Some historians argued that it was based on feelings towards slaves because not only it freed slaves in the South; it was also a huge step for the real abolition of slavery in the United States. While other historians argued that it was a military tactic because it strengthened the Union army, because the emancipated slaves were joining the Union thus providing a larger manpower than the Confederacy . The Emancipation Proclamation emancipated slaves only in the Confederacy and did not apply to the Border-states and the Union states.
Education is fundamental in today’s society. It has become a sought after medium for attaining success. Many careers have set specific educational requirements for a person to even be considered for employment. The education that one receives can be achieved through different types of institutes. Many parents face the conundrum of sending their children to the right institution that will aid in their child’s future success. The choices seem to be in abundance but many people find themselves limited to a short list of obtainable institutions. The parents have a great deal of things that need to be thought through. This may require factors that have to be considered. Some of the factors include the following: curriculum, class sizes, cost and school’s quality but these are some questions that stand out. Does the type of school really help performance? Are there factors that hinder one type of institution from thriving? These decisions are crucial and, for the most part, will determine the type of institution the child will receive his or hers knowledge from.
Rothschild, M. & White, L. (1995). “The Analytics of the Pricing in Higher Education and
It is noticeable that the system of education is changing from time to time based on financial issues and how the world is growing. In the past, individuals taught the education system from the oldest member of the family to children, and their members were charging fees from the families that sent their children to them. Which meant that education was an important thing in all ages. Nowadays, the education is shaped to an official system run by professional people in governments and many countries invest high amounts towards education which makes evidence of how important it is in our current life. Every country has a different system of education based on their financial stability, government infrastructure and the standard of the government officials. It is noticeable that there is a big difference between the education in developing countries and the prevailing system in developed countries .In my essay I will discuss some reasons for these differences...
Schooling for ages 5 to 14 is compulsory in Sri Lanka. The five stages of education in Sri Lanka include: primary, junior secondary, senior secondary, collegiate and tertiary [8]. Even though Sri Lanka claims a total adult literacy rate of 91.2% and a total youth literacy rate of 98.15% [9], it still faces challenges in its free education system. One of the main challenges Sri Lanka faces is tertiary education pressure. The tertiary enrolment ratio is only 6% out of which only 2% are full-time students (refer to Appendix 2). Also, there are only 13 universities with the capability to admit 13,000 students annually against the 75,000 students requiring admission each year. A large number of students seeking free education in state universities are being denied admission due to limited places available [10]. Talking about free education in general, children from financially stable families tend to stay longer in schools than children from poorer backgrounds (refer to Appendix 3). This is because of the other costs apart from tuition fees like uniforms, transport, stationery etc. [11]. Mr. Rohan Senarath, the Executive Director of Coalition for Education Development and former Save the Children in Sri Lanka programme specialist for education sums up the reasons for such problems in his article which includes: teacher biases/personal choices, struggle for lower income families, family mind-set of supporting
Class Size is another issue. In private schools there’s usually smaller classes, so students are getting more attention. This makes it better for the students because if they need help, then it’s easier to get help from the teachers and to be more focused because of less noise and easier for teachers to control their classrooms.