Sad to say, many s'porean (employers and employees) value the
local degree more than those achieved part time.
Dont they know that entry requirements for both NTU & NUS are
so much lax than 10 years ago.
I was not able enter to NTU or NUS bcos I am not the top of the
corps in poly. No money also, so do my NS, start work, got
married.
Out of my busy scheduleand armed with some savings and "advice"
from the government, went to take part time adv diploma, later was
accepted by UNC thru PSB for engineering degree but found too
expensive $30K plus. that would drain my savings by almost half.
also need to keep for rainy days and baby (still working-help
government mah). So chose a arts degree from another academic
agency.
yes, the arts degree (mgmt) took 15 months to complete, but please
understand there is no semester breaks and there are only 20
contact hours for each module with the lecturers. The rest relies
on the course guide issued, text books and reccommended texts and
extra readings by individual. The exam take is similar to the
campus.
So dont deny our degree and term it mickey mouse or whatever. We
obtain it with sheer hard work and not luck or dime.
