Universities

[c3_yvonne]

Why do you think they are doing this?

I think they are doing this to allow more students to get maximum opportunity to get into universities to pursue their degree cert. They increase the number of population to allow more percentage of students to get into the courses they want rather than to persue private degree that cost more as compared to government universities. I agree with the government to open more universities so as to also allow students who are very interested and determine to get into universities though their results are not very good. Results show that more students chose to get into universities than going to work in the society straight. I believe graduates will have a hard time looking for jobs based on singapore's crisis at times and they will most chose to get into universities. Therefore, i agree with the government to open up more universities and to build up more on their studies in order to get into better jobs.


Do you think it is a good idea to have a university purely for diploma holders?

I agree to have purely diploma holders than to mix up with the A-level students in universities. Because Diploma students and A level students both have difference in their results and study ability. I feel that universities will have most of the people from A level students compared to Diploma students. So i feel that diploma students will have a hard time catching up with the A level students and their result will not be that good.It's common to find poly students nowadays who aren't satisfied with just a diploma, therefore they will want a degree too. So being a diploma students , I ought to say that it's will be pretty good if we can have pure diploma holders students in universities.

[C2 Joel]

C3 Eric Tan 083070H



Why do you think they are doing this?

They are having more Universities is because of the number of intake and the score of the intake of students from O’levels student are higher than what it used to be. Hence the number of students eligible to be going to universities are actually increasing , and more Polytechnic students should be given the chance to go to university. Poly Students are actually more capable in practical work than JC students that is in the same course as in Poly the students has attachment and is familiarized with the industry and knows the basics of the Course of study.

Do you think it is a good idea to have a university purely for diploma holders?

The idea of having a university mainly for poly student is good, but I feel that will make poly students be stereotyped and ,therefore , students from the university which consist of mainly poly students will not have the same priority as the normal universities . However the current intake to university from poly is very little , they only take and cream of the crop while the rest will have to spend extra money overseas to pursue a degree. In my opinion , I feel that the new university should be open for all instead of just for poly students , but the intake to university from poly should increase .

[Esther Koh (073982D)]

The government has formed a task force to study the feasibility of starting another one or even two universities.

a. Why do you think they are doing this?

Where there's a demand, more infrastructure will be required.
There's simply too many students in Singapore. The universities in Singapore just can't sustain the number of intakes. It has come to a point that many Singaporeans parents have decided to spend more and head their child abroad to study.
To make sure that the Singapore universities can retain as many local students, as well as provide for the foreign students, actions has to be done, and I think setting up more universities is a great idea.

b. Do you think it is a good idea to have a university purely for diploma holders?

It is a great idea. After all, the knowledge of a graduate from a polytechnic is different from those of a Junior College A'level graduate. It could be more specialized, catered strictly to the needs of a polytechnic graduate. Methodology of how the timetable should be or how classes are to be run could be similar to the polytechnic style.
It would just be like 7 years of polytechnic lifestyle. [3 yrs diploma + 4 years degree]