But Paul Tractenberg, founder of the Education Law Center, said that may be wishful thinking. These cases are not easy. It's a lot simpler for people to say that they are for equal education than to provide for it. According to the paper, the secret is the country's emphasis on competition and total government control of education. Involved parents also are key to Singapore's academic success.
Parents pay extra to hire tutors for their children.
They also pay fees so they can take weekend courses that allow them to better help their children learn subjects, writes the paper. The Singapore government also directs significant funds to education. Of course, the paper comments on the severe discipline code that governs students, and citizen, behavior in Singapore. It also mentions that producing top-notch students is a critical component to the nation's economic and security agenda. Human nature is such that students will take the path of least resistance.