rjc09/education/benjamin/10s416

The author believes that those who are working jobs that do not require much knowledge do not need to go for higher education. Those jobs are like school custodian or manning the boiler. I agree to the author’s point of view however the society will not agree with the author’s point of view. This is seen by the fact that Singapore is a fast changing society, with lots of new job being offered to the people with higher pay. If a person does not keep upgrading themselves, they will be left behind with very measly pay. Thus, for Singapore, there is a continued push for low pay worker to be re-educated. This is seen by the fact that government has provided bonus for low wage worker to undergo continuing education and training. This is seen as a push for low wage worker to be trained further in the needs of the current jobs advancement which is seen as essentially training on basic use of computer or the use of Basic English. But still if the funding for this is too much it may make the society unagreeable to the fact that those who are working low paying job will require higher education to ensure that they have better paying job after that.
The author believes that those who do not have the basics should not have higher education. This is especially not applicable for the context for Singapore. This is seen that most of the Singaporeans are required by law to be educated till they are P6 which is seen as a time when education are fully subsidized for Singaporean. Thus, this is not applicable to Singapore context. Thus this make all to be eligible for further education. However, a family financial means will determine whether the family can have higher education not so much on whether a person has basic education.