Employers are also more open to different educational pathways too. A head of recruitment of a multinational company recounted in my experience what sort of graduate from a private university or college approached her at a career talk.
His elevator presentation was compelling because he demonstrated resilience along with a can-do attitude. The recruitment head ended up hiring him to get a sales position – and he proved her right as he shone in his role. This individual was soon promoted to a marketing placement within the same company, a move achieved only by best performers.
Despite employers’ convictions that standard academic success is not a prerequisite to be good at a job, our nation’s meritocracy is a well-oiled system. The associated belief that will doing well in school equates to doing well in life continues, particularly among instructors, parents and learners themselves.
Then Training Minister Ong Ye Kung highlighted this disconnect at a 2019 forum. “Every CEO, board member, chairman I speak to will say (that they have got a HR plan and hiring equipment that do not just take a look at academic grades) yet students, you still feel differently on the getting end.
Minister Ong added he does not suggest moving away from the particular principle of meritocracy – but to broaden our associated with merit besides teachers. Yet the emphasis on educational achievement remains, possibly because it begins through such a young age.
Pre-schools, for instance, are now seen as a necessity rather than an alternative. While early child years education can lead to much better academic performance plus interpersonal development afterwards, securing one could become an arms competition where moms and dads fork out more to cover the very best for their kids .
Fast forward to when a child gets into primary school, in to an environment of high anxiety and stress. While the Primary School Leaving Exam scoring model has changed to reduce fine differentiation at a young age, students still have to achieve a certain quality to get into choice supplementary schools.