Commentary: Can education fix inequality in Singapore? If not, what can?

In a commentary, SMU Professor of Strategic Management (Practice) Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim, Professor Emerita of Corporate Strategy and International Business, Stephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan explored the use of education to fix inequality in Singapore and also other possible avenues to achieve it. They opined that reforming the education system — by equalising resources, eliminating streaming, increasing curricular flexibility and minimising social segregation — can reduce inequality and social stratification, and foster the innovation and entrepreneurship required for post-industrial economic growth, only if the deep-seated institutional roots of inequality are addressed.