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No quota on university places for polytechnic graduates
In this first of the AskST series on university education, The Straits Times responds to questions on university places for this year and the chances of polytechnic graduates getting into university
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The Cruzr robot (left), which can give directions and information, was on show at Singapore Institute of Technology's open house last year.
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Q: My son was supposed to go to Australia to study, but we decided against it because the courses are being delivered online. Will there be more places offered by the local universities this year, as was the case last year?
A: Education Minister Lawrence Wong told The Straits Times in an interview earlier this year that the six local universities offered around 1,000 extra places last year, on account of the disruption caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which forced students to readjust their plans.
