SINGAPORE, Oct 17 — After 23-year-old Gabriel Wong obtained his International Baccalaureate diploma in 2018, he felt it was only natural to pursue a university degree next —...
In the TODAY Youth Survey 2023, 76 per cent of youths polled said they expect their children or future children to obtain a university degree. — TODAY picSINGAPORE, Oct 17 — After 23-year-old Gabriel Wong obtained his International Baccalaureate diploma in 2018, he felt it was only natural to pursue a university degree next — he did not seriously consider any other alternative.
Beyond serving as a safety net to fall back on, the human resource professional, who is a degree-holder herself, said that going through a university education could also teach her daughter to “persevere, be resilient, think critically, and build the confidence needed for future success”.
For example, from next year, secondary school streaming will be abolished and replaced with subject-based banding to reduce the stigma often associated with streaming, which is based on grades. • 95 per cent of the youths polled who had a monthly household income of S$20,000 or more agreed they expected their future children to have a university degree• 86 per cent of those who had a degree or higherThose who came from humbler backgrounds or did not have degrees themselves were less likely to expect their children to obtain university degrees:• 65 per cent of those who had a secondary-level education or lowerThere was a similar outcome to the question of whether a degree is still...
He noted that higher-income families can more easily afford the cost of university education and are hence more inclined to expect their children to pursue a degree. The Building Information Modelling technologist told TODAY that having a degree was not a “make-or-break factor” in his field of work, and added that if one’s career revolved around specific skill sets like BIM or programming, a university degree may “not be as critical”.
Regardless of their stance on a degree’s necessity, youths across the board said that possessing a paper qualification was ultimately just a “foot in the door”. In fact, Dr Chua from NUS said the degree would continue to matter as society continues moving towards a knowledge-based economy and becomes less and less an industrial one.
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