Originally posted by Ito_^:
[b]why did you take both similar dip?
you like IT so much that you took 2?
nah..
i failed my o lvls before, so i used the private dip as an excuse
to defer my ns while i retake my exams.
i didn't want to take private route initially.. i had no choice.
we're quite the opposite in many ways.. i die die oso wan go poly,
you die die oso wan to quit go private. lol.. ok, i do have some
choices, but this seems most efficient than to go to ITE,
imo.
although its tough but at the end of the day, ill have something to
grab on to. i die die oso will never die! dats wad i
believed.
the private diploma is only a backup for me, in case i fail my o
lvls, than i would have a diploma while i will continue to fight
for my o lvls again and again till i get the grades i need. and
hopefully work my way to university privately.
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poly vs private
the quality and way they teach is entirely different. things
improved for the course after i left 3 years ago but i really
appreciate that i made it into poly, after all i've been waiting
for it since lower sec..
in my private school, they don't really teach you much but alot
worksheets for you to try yourself. when its theory, its all
memorized. they shorten alot of information and just tell you "you
just need to know, no need go too deep". in poly, they spoonfeed you alot which explain alot of things
the private school doesn't.
for your info, maybe all other 4 polys do spoonfeed
you with answers and knowledge, but if your in RP, its a totally
different case. they let you go explore, do daily presentation,
then present us the answer at the end of the day, usually they let
us see the answer, but don't allow us to take back home the answers
to revise..how on earth can i revise and learn then memorise those
stuff??
you may think i am wasting time in both but from these two schools,
i learnt alot more than either one of them can offer
individually.
its the recognition thats the problem, and also the facilities
private schools can offer. their time is also limited, so they tend
to focus on the things that they believe are relevant. for me, i
want to know as much as possible. telling me 1+1=2 is not
enough.
i believe, its not completely worthless but by itself, a private
dip is not something you can take and compete with poly dips
locally. even if a company is internationally recognised, the HR
and superiors are still local and therefore are more or less biased
against private institutes. so that leaves out what specialised
skill you can offer (well, from an IT perspective) or additional
professional certification you have attained.
for foreigners its different, they can earn a diploma and return
home in glory, i had a classmate whose company sent her here to
study from.. i forgot where, return back to her country and
perfectly recognised as an important asset to the company.
but i also have a classmate who couldn't find a job after he
graduated from poly and ORD from ns so he went to take private.
chemical processing if i remember right. darn hardworking and
smarter than me. but after graduating from the diploma, he still
couldn't find a job and went back for more studies.
since i've two and professionally certified from macromedia, i
can't really complain much.. 
at the
end of the day, its still that hard work that pays off and good
luck. 
i wouldn't place too much hopes in a private diploma though, its a
degree that counts these days.[/b]
