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Planning a talk on funding a child’s education.
By Growing your tree of prosperity  •  May 4, 2016
I'm currently working with WDA to give a talk at the Lifelong Education centre on 14th July 12.30pm. Right now the details are still quite sketchy, but I thought that blog readers should be able to pitch in and suggest what they want to hear. The working title is "Finding your child's university education". Here's what I have so far.
  • Paying for Education is about increasing a child's human capital as opposed to financial capital. It should be treated like an investment.
  • Why is it naive to see a university experience purely from the viewpoint of a love for learning. 
  • University qualifications have two effects of signalling and skilling. Signalling remains the more important concern in a highly competitive meritocratic society.
  • The result of investment in human capital should result in employment and higher wages.
  • Comparisons will be made between local and private universities.
  • A very brutal assessment ...
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By Growing your tree of prosperity
I have recently completed my Juris Doctor and I am waiting to be called by the Singapore Bar. For the past 15 years I was an IT manager and I have worked in multinationals, financial exchanges, trade unions and even a government agency. I started my career as an AS/400 administrator and moved on to manage IT projects and operations
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