Spent 3 hours at Mid Valley yesterday attending the NAPEI Education Fair together with nephew and niece. We were early as the fair opened its door at 11am only. Quite a lot of exhibitors were there – KLIUC, UTAR, Sri, Inti, SEGI, Kojadi, Baking Institute, HELP, APIIT, TAR College, UNITAR, MAHSA, Masterskill, Lim Kok Wing, Stamford, Taylor, KDU, AIMST, Dika, PTPL, IACT, One Academy, Saito, MUST, Nilai, among others, and\u00a0 few agencies that deal with recruitment for medicine seats.<\/p>\n
Saw quite a number of Indians in the fair. Many were interested in the usual colleges and the standard programmes – medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering.<\/p>\n
Got a good explanation from\u00a0 Head of Childhood Education of SEGI Subang Jaya. Lim Kok Wing staff also were quite friendly and explained well. Same goes for UNITAR, who were understaffed, but tried to answer questions from visitors.<\/p>\n
Some of my views\/findings:<\/p>\n
– Early childhood education is a good field to explore. Among the colleges that offer a diploma\/degree is SEGI, Unitar, Sri, Dika, and PTPL.<\/p>\n
– Only UNISEL and UNITAR offer Bachelor of Education that is recognised by MOE. Meaning you can apply for government posting after graduating. The fees are quite OK too.<\/p>\n
– I think Lim Kok Wing has among the highest fees for a standard degree program. Better to do a diploma and then continue with degree (year 4), but still its a 5 year study. Other colleges offer shorter period of 4 years for same path. Need to think twice (or more) before enroling here.<\/p>\n
– APIIT seemed to have lots of foreigners at the booth. Maybe want to show their multi-national environment.<\/p>\n
– TAR College remains a popular choice for many – affordable fees, recognised programs, employability OK. It had good crowd at the booth.<\/p>\n
– If you have 10As and above, good chance of getting a scholarship in private uni\/college. Can be exempted from tuition fees. At least will reduce burden of parents.<\/p>\n
– For average students, there’s not many choice\u00a0 – enrol for your intended program and apply for PTPTN. Your average results means scholarship is very, very hard. If you do well in the first and second semesters, then apply for scholarships the following year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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