not neccessary all those smart and skilled will be officers... i
know people that are asst professors and medical students that are
also "man".
Whereas sometimes, you see in the army camps, those officers are
not really smart, and they speak broken english and have fucked up
attitude. My ex-OC used to be from ITE.
Its not neccessary solely depends on education and skills. I
believe, they will look at education, but you also need to be damn
garang, helpful, and have some initiative and leadership skills
during your BMT, field camp and sit-test to have the sergeants and
PC to notice you before you get send to the command school.
Therefore you must also know how to wayang with them for them to do
that.
the focus is on the general trend. officers are generally better
educated/skilled than men. Therefore they generally do better later
in life.