• Co-ed residential campus =Dreams opened the doors to its first intake in January this year
• The campus aims to provide after-school academic and holistic support to disadvantaged students between the ages of 13 and 18
• To be considered for admission, scholars – as the students are called – must be residing in a rental flat
• The scholarship covers the fees for their lodging, meals on campus, and tuition and enrichment classes
• As the campus concludes its first year of operations, TODAY speaks to =Dreams scholars, parents and sociologists to find out how the programme has panned out

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