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Singapore
aspires to become Oxbridge of the East
Reuters
31
Jan 08
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-31695120080131
Singapore
plans to build residential colleges at its top university to copy
the Oxford and Cambridge system, the city-state's premier said on
Thursday.
Six residential colleges, which will combine
living quarters with tutorial rooms for gifted students and
tutors, will be built at the National University of Singapore,
together with two postgraduate residences.
Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong said at the groundbreaking ceremony that the
university's current dormitories were not suited for residential
learning.
"It will include our first residential
colleges, offering students a holistic and unique learning
experience," Lee said.
He said the colleges will also
be used as the Youth Olympics Village if Singapore wins its bid
against Moscow to hold the inaugural event in 2010. The winning
city will be announced next month.
Singapore has revamped
its education sector in recent years by opening new schools that
cater to creative industries, in an effort to lure foreign
students to the city-state.
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