Ensuring poorer kids don't feel marginalised in top schools

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Last month, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a report showing that nearly half of low-income students in Singapore are concentrated in the same schools.

This has intensified calls from the public as well as policymakers to have a better mix of students in schools to better encourage social diversity and prevent class divides.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 29, 2018, with the headline Ensuring poorer kids don't feel marginalised in top schools. Subscribe