Rich & Poor Universities

For decades, it is accustomed to acknowledge those who graduated from universities and colleges of high standard and fame with the stigma of high achievements and prestige.

The expenses and liabilities might be oversighted by majority of the funders and/ or financiers. Scholarships are all meant for bondage not to mention the financing therefor.

There are students, ex-students and ex-graduates also from many tertiary institutions of higher education hitherto; are the clients to those establishments and without them, the very existence of those establishments are said to be futile.

Entries to those universities nowadays basically depend on the school of studies offered plus the eligibility of the students in terms of their sustainable fees payment, personality traits and above all qualifications as required by any faculty are important to be met during their course of studies.

Today, we can see thousands of graduates who refuse to accept the fact that unemployment rate exists from the day they started their studies. Professionally speaking, majority of them are seeking jobs instead of being "offerred" jobs.

To strike a balance between choosing the best place in universities and colleges and the best job is not found in the equilibrium of supply and demand in the job markets. For those who are  indifferent about jobs after graduating, they have secured a level of security right prior to finishing their studies. This is because they are either rich or already got plans for themselves so they are well excluded from the unemployment calculus.

Many students and graduates are struggling to pursue their studies vigorously in a way that competition to gain access to financing or funding their studies supersede the challenge to gain entry to the universities or colleges of their choices.

Government and private sectors are competing to offer tertiary education to the people and I am of the view that they are imparting the knowledge on how to choose between to be rich or to be poor on their own choice.

English or national language in certain countries need to be mastered and some of them are non-native speakers. The awkward situation occurs whenever the question papers are set in bilangual formats. Wait until you see their presentations and writing skills. Some of them can even attend political and economic rallies so to speak.

Again, in democratic countries, the choice is always clear. People want to choose the leaders who can make them what they want them to be. Some do not even realise that they are not even Malaysians or citizens to any country.

There goes the saying, no money no talk again when it comes to paying the skyrocketting study fees and not even a student is brave enough to champion the very existence of the university where he or she is studying, a question concerning the focus and aim of studying in university or college which has become a nuisance when the basic fees and books cannot be afforded by the students themselves.

To prepare a place in universities or colleges is to prepare oneself in a place where he or she can contribute positively towards the learning institutions and also the places of working (either government or private or own business). This embedded mentality of study place - work place has become the norm once students step into their chosen universities or colleges.

Therefore, nobody can explain with confidence why many graduates are not making money on their own after graduating? The irony is that there are thousands of them who are in actual fact contributors to the universities' or colleges' income. What is really happening now?

Of course, some people are not comfortable also when there are so many professors around for various reasons. Anyway, the gist of my opinion is basically about the quality of those learning institutions and thus the resulting students' credentials which are lacking when they first sit for the interview sessions. Can they handle their jobs then? Obviously not without certain criteria which need to be met and assessed.

What is your quality to become the best student and hence that quality is centric to your studies and career advancements?