Hoping to boost a sagging birthrate – and concerned that its declining population could hurt economic growth – the government of Singapore has put together a very different type of college course. In it, students learn the arts of flirting, relationships, dating, love song analysis, and online chatting. The new course, which filled up so quickly that additional classes had to be added, is one component of the city-state’s efforts to convince young people to get married and have children.
(Source: Reuters)
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