Should you take the private degree route?

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On Feb 24, I wrote a Sunday Times report on the job and salary prospects of private school graduates which showed that while they appear to enter the workforce with a disadvantage, many do better after a few years of work life.

Since then, I have been inundated by e-mails from students considering the private school route.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 08, 2019, with the headline Should you take the private degree route?. Subscribe