TODAYonline | Voices | Disparity in tertiary education facilities

TODAY Online: Voices | Disparity in tertiary education facilities

There’s always this problem with a handful of Junior College (JC) students – elitist mindset. Very often, they feel superior to their peers who are in the polytechnics or ITEs.

In this letter that this JC student wrote to the press, it is evident to me he feels being a JC student who is supposedly brighter and better than their peers, his school facilities should not be sub-par to or even better than those of the ITEs.

I personally know of several friends who were from the ITEs who eventually work their way to the Universities and excel in their fields.

The disparity in the quality of equipment and facilities in the schools compared in the letter are probably due to the timeline of replacement set by the schools. The fact that it is an ITE doesn’t mean the equipment should be old and the priority of renewal should be on the back-burner.

Everyone has to realise that no matter what path a person takes or the school in serving the education needs of a student, there should be no discrimation against or disparity in the treatment of school or its students.