Singapore, a small nation-state, has made a mark for itself in the global arena with its remarkable success and quantum leap from Third World to First World country over a short span of less than half a century. Often, critics pinpoint the success of our country to its meritocratic system, where individuals are rewarded based on their talents and abilities (Mahbubani, 2015). It is an impartial system where one is guaranteed success as long as hard work is shown, but is this really the case? While meritocracy allows for social mobility in our society, it has also been notoriously known to bring with it undesired outcomes, such as a creation of an elite class. Despite this, it will be unfair to conclude that such a system should be done away with solely by looking at its shortcomings. Harsh critics who support the ideal of egalitarianism, where the concept of equality regardless of the amount of effort one puts in dominates may propound that meritocracy leads to a creation of an elite class at one end of society. This leads to unequal distribution of resources and spark inequality in society. Those who are at higher rungs of society are often financially and culturally well off. This enables them to nurture their children by sending them for private tuition, placing them well ahead of their peers (Teng, 2015). In other words, it can be said that the idea of meritocracy rewards those born to privilege households. In Singapore, a study proved that more than half of the