Don’t Fret If You Did Not Do Well Enough In Your “O” Level To Get Into A Junior College-Why?
The reason is because there are so many other ways to get a degree or at least a diploma in Singapore.
And in this society you will need at least a diploma to have an average success in making a good living-unless you have connections with some rich and powerful people or you are extremely gifted in some sort of talents.
We have two mainstream universities in Singapore. However, not every qualification offered by them is recognized in every part of the world.
Therefore if your ambition is to enter the Civil Service your choice would be to go the mainstream path or to study overseas in a college or university that is recognized by the Government.
This is because, even though many of the higher education programmes are registered with the Ministry Of Education (MOE) and highly recognised, a vast majority of the positions in the Singapore Civil Service are only opened for those who graduated from our local institutions of higher learning or to overseas graduates of recognised Institutions.
If entering the civil service is not a ‘must’, then you would have many more options.
We have so many overseas universities and colleges offering their courses and programmes through the many private education institutions.
One excellent private education institution is the Harriet Educational Group.
It has a very unique programme called Work And Study in Singapore in which a candidate will start off a career as an Executive Trainee while at the same time pursue a world recognized professional QCA accredited Diploma leading to a Degree.
The candidates who perform well in their work may soon be promoted.
There was even a particular lady who was promoted from Trainee Executive to Management Trainee position.
Another 18 year-old who fared badly in her “O” level examinations earned $2,000 within months of being in the Work And Study Programme.
When selecting a diploma programme to undertake you need to understand and consider three factors.
1 - Recognition Of The Diploma Qualification
The accreditation of the diploma qualification is very important.
Also the number of universities recognizing the diploma is very important too. This will determine the available options of a Degree and the range of companies that will employ you.
2 - Administration
Understand that the private institutions in Singapore are not as big as nor as established as the mainstream institutions in terms of years of experience.
Thus the mainstream institutions will definitely present a more structured and organised administrative system than the private ones.
However, the flip side of the coin is that the big organisations often run by the book and lack the flexibility and the personal and relational aspect that private and smaller institutions can and do offer.
With that in mind the important thing is to take responsibility and ownership of your own learning journey wherever you choose to go, and proactively seek a close communication with the relevant authorities of whichever institution you have enrolled in, to get the best services for yourself.
Just remember that it takes two hands to clap.
3 - Cost
In general, higher education is expensive but it is a necessary investment.
Goverment insitutions allow students to borrow from their parents’ CPF savings and there are also subsidies given, hence that smoothens out the path.
However if you have to study in a private institution, you can look into bank loans (very commonly used), loans from financial institutions like GE Money, TCC, NTUC Thrift as well as scholarships from community organisations such as Mendaki, Sinda and CDAC.
In conclusion:
What is most important is to plan for your future. Decide on your goal, and write down the steps to take to achieve your goal.
If you don’t plan you may find that you are not doing what you are interested in. Thus you may end up losing tens of thousands of dollars and a couple of years of your youth by switching from one course to another mid-stream.
If you really can’t decide now, its better to do something more general, that will be useful in whichever industry you should choose at a later stage.
A good choice would be to take the Harriet Educational Group’s Diploma in Business Management course.
You may chose to take a full-time academic course or a Work and Study option.
It also has a direct route to degree and masters degree.
For the Work and Study option, it will also mean that you will be earning a full-time salary and accumulating work experience in the industry at the same time.
With so many options open to you, do not give yourself any excuses not to go for a higher qualification! Go for it!
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