Singapore offers the top one-third of the secondary school graduating class a monthly stipend when they choose teacher education at university …

„Singapore offers the top one-third of the secondary school graduating class a monthly stipend when they choose teacher education at university. The payment is comparable to the monthly starting salary for graduates in other fields, and in exchange they must commit to teaching for at least three years.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Education Indicators in Focus 21“ (April 2014), S. 4