THEN SINGAPORE HAS NO HOPE!!!TO BE LED BY THE BLIND N
INEXPERIENCED.
IF GIVEN A COMPETITION ON INVENTING N DESIGNING STUFF.....A
LEVEL TO DEGREE HOLDERS DUN HOLD A CHANCE TO THE DIPLOMA
HOLDERS!
WHAT THE A LEVEL TO DEGREE HOLDER DOES AFTER A LEVEL ONWARDS IS
MAINLY TO PIGGY BACK ON EFFORTS OF HIGHER EXPERIENCED STAFF!
THEY THE ALEVEL TO DEGREE HOLDERS DO NOT KNOW TROUBLESHOOTING
BASICS OR DESIGNING N BUILDING COMPLEX PROJECTS....THEY RATHER
SUPERVISE TO CVER UP THEIR SHORTFALLS!
THESE ARE THE A LEVEL TO DEGREE HOLDERS!
THE DIPLOMA TO DEGREE HOLDERS ARE MORE PRACTICAL AND CAN DO IT
ALL BY THEMSELVES DUE TO FACT THEY ARE WELL EQUIPPEDIN EXPERTISE
AND SCHOOLING AS COMPARED TO A-LEVEL TO DEGREE HOLDERS.
IN FACT DIPLOMA TO DEGREE HOLDERS HAVE ACTUALLY PLACED THEIR
TRAINING AND WORK UNKNOWINGLY TO THAT OF MOST GERMAN EDUCATION
SYSTEM!!WHICH IS VERY GOOD AND PRACTICAL .....ESPECIALLY IF THEY
HAVE BEEN TO UPGRADES AND COMPANY UPGRADES AS WELL!
Well, it is true that diploma holders have an advantage over
"A"-lvl students due to experience, but you must know, some of the
"A"-lvl students are like eagle, sponge lai der.
You put them in a pail of knowledge, they will soak everything
up VERY fast.
But to your credit, eagle admits he does a fingering job with
good pay, and even have time to chat the whole day, hehehe...
As for candiz, what you say is very true, but as you probably
know, some "A" students with triple C, and in rare cases, even
worse, manage to get a place in uni, whereas many poly guys/gals
with 3.6 couldn't even get in.
Personally, I will argue that these poly graduates have the
experience which SHOULD have given them an edge in getting a place,
but priorty is given to JC students instead.
People argue that JC students are no better than sec school
students if they cannot make it into uni, but this shouldn't be the
reason why majority of the places are given to JC students.
Poly students have worked very hard for at least 3 years to get
their diploma in their specialised field, a place in the uni
shouldn't come as a giveaway, but some of them INDEED have the
passion to work harder despite their shortcomings, hence they
should be given a chance to prove themselves.
The reason why I recommend lowering of the bar is because I can
see for myself many students who have worked hard for their
diplomas end up being punished for their 'small' mistakes here and
there. Unfortunately, the GPA is not a end of year exam, but a
built up of effort, hence every little thing counts.
Honestly speaking, it is not really about the amount of total
space in uni, but the amount allocated to poly graduates. Some
fine-twitching will need to be in order if you ask me.
Even if that is not possible, how about having entrance exams
for poly graduates? It will be silly to do the same for "A"-lvl
students, since they most probably doesn't even have ample basic
knowledge of the course they are entering, but for poly grads, they
could use this chance to work hard and prove themselves.
Back to the two new unis again, having more unis isn't a bad
idea, but the quality of the uni does matter a lot. Indeed, the
main branch might be an outstanding uni, but these 'foreign
branches' might not be as good. This is worrying me, consider that
more poly graduates are able to enter these unis than the local
unis.
But once again, I guess we will have to wait and see. You never
know when the foreign unis may just decide to cancel the project or
move it somewhere else due to costs issues.
