A speech by Education Minister Ong Ye Kung to set a framework on what educational institutions should or should not do when planning activities for their students has sparked a debate among academics and leaders at these institutions on how best to put this into practice.

Mr Ong said in Parliament earlier this month that among other things, educational institutions "should not work with speakers and instructors who have been convicted of public order-related offences, or who are working with political advocacy groups funded by foreigners, or who openly show disloyalty to Singapore".