As everyone might know, it is now the acceptance of the universities offers for those A level and dip holders who are pursuing higher education.Therefore as always the case, there are always complaints, feedbacks appearing in the newspaper written by parents stating that their sons/daughters could not get in blah blah blah...
So in our case, this parent is writing in to state that universities should inform those students who are graduating from O level on their choice of education, whether to go polytechnic or junior college, if the universities are going to increase the intake of polytechnic students and thus depriving the A Level student a seat in the universities. He also mentioned that polytechnics should try to tie up with overseas universities for diploma holder to further their studies so that more seats can be allocated to A Level student.
Being polytechnic educated, I find this very ridiculous. To suggest that poly students should rather pursue a degree from oversea institution whether by distance learning or directly overseas simply irks of protectionism. No one owe your child anything. If he/she is good, he/she will be able to get into Universities anyway.However, getting to your choice of course is another issue again which I will go into later. Suppose if the parent suggestion go through, is he going to write in 3-4 years down the road again to the newspaper and remarked my son/daughter is currently jobless because Singapore PR are taking away his/her job so may he suggest that Singapore PR should go overseas to work instead so that his son/daughter will have a job in Singapore?
perhaps the parent did not understand 'Globalisation'. His son/daughter is not merely fighting a place in the universities with polytechnic students. His son/daughter is also competing with foreigners who are on scholarships to study in the local universities. It is a totally different ballgame.If I were him, I will not waste time to pen down this ridiculous letter but instead sit down with my son/daughter, plan out the possible route and select the most optimal plan to ensure the best education path.
And anyway, the polytechnic themselves have already been sourcing foreign universities to allow poly students with excellent grade to go direct into 2nd year .
Next, it seems that most of the students applying this year have opt for business/acct/econnomics for their 1st choice.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080517-65670.html
The writer enquired majority of the student why did they do so and many of them stated that pursuing a business degree allow them to work in the bank, earn super high salaries of 7-10K per month and support their desired lifestyle. Upon reading that, I shook my head in disbelief. Earning 7-10K in bank is possible but they are only the minority. There is a misconception that working in the bank mean mixing around with rich clients and earning big bucks. That only applies to investment bankers and even so they need at least 5-6 years of experience before they can reach that level. Otherwise fresh grad entry are the ones who is staring at the computer screen working long hours crunching numbers while earning 3-4K per month.
But these students should not be blamed. They received their information from the media. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for universities to release their employment figures and their grossly inflated figures from graduates working for 1 year. What the students can only do is to read up more and find out more details about their future ambition to prevent them from building up unrealistic expectations and dreams which can so easily be crushed by the harsh fact of reality.
However, sometimes I do wonder, what exactly are our youth in Singapore thinking nowadays?
posted by Immortali @ 6:03 pm
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