Singapore's Education Minister Chan Chun Sing condemned tuition centers that employ fear-based marketing tactics to pressure parents and exploit their anxieties. He emphasized the importance of parents making informed decisions about their children's education and called for ethical advertising practices within the industry.
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing criticised tuition centres that engage in unethical practices by exploiting parents’ anxieties and fear of missing out.New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE : The Ministry of Education is working with the advertising industry to establish a code of conduct to rein in marketing that guilt trips parents and creates a fear of missing out, said Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing.
He cited a recent incident - which was also raised recently in parliament by Bukit Panjang Member of Parliament Liang Eng Hwa - where staff from a tuition centre distributed flyers outside a primary school on the first day of school. The Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore's chairman Bryan Tan confirmed that the authority met with MOE to discuss advertising self-regulation and considerations behind potential sector-specific guidelines.
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