3/04/2022

COE for degrees? A university degree may expire after 5 years?

 PAP MP Ang Wei Neng proposed in Parliament today that a “time stamp” be put on local university degrees which can be renewed by graduates as they attend upgrading courses every 5 years or so. And if they don’t, the degrees will ‘fade over time’.

Have you heard of anything more preposterous than this suggestion????

Is this supposed to be an advanced version of skillsfuture which the PAP are so desperate to promote??????

Now why should local graduates be discriminated against???? So a University Of Mumbai graduate does not have to go for upgrading courses but an NUS, NTU, SMU, SUSS graduate etc has to? What is the logic in that????

Does he mean that if the local graduate does not go for the upgrading course, he will no longer be considered a graduate in due course????? So the degree becomes ‘bo pa kei’ ?????....

Lim Tean 

Above is part of a post by Lim Tean in TRE.  I was kind of ah, ah, what is this? Refresher courses to keep the skill or knowledge or expertise up to date. They did this in some industries and if one does not attend refresher courses, the licence would not be renewed. If the knowledge and skills in some industries are turning topsy turvy, in some fields it makes sense. But in many fields, the knowledge and skills are basically the same, some may be for life. The only people benefiting from such upgrading or refresher courses would be the trainers. Other than that, most of the time it would be a waste of time, doing the same thing all over again as if it is something new.

What about university degrees getting expired after every 5 years, like COEs? Some technical courses may change quite a bit, but some courses that taught thinking skills don't vary much. New concepts may evolved but to demand compulsory refresher courses? And to pay for it again and again? KNN.

What about refresher courses for politicians?

As Lim Tean pointed out, is this only applicable to the handful of world class universities in Singapore, or only for Singaporeans or foreigners working in Singapore? If it is just for our world class university graduates, or for Singaporeans only, how would this impact their careers and job prospect? Get sacked or retrenched if no refresher courses, and foreigners happily taking over their jobs?

Even if the idea could be relevant in some fields, it has to be applied internationally or else Singaporeans mesti mati when made to compete with foreigners that did not have to go through this uniquely Singapore wise crack.

What do you think?

All doctors, lawyers, engineers etc etc must take refresher courses every 5 years or else degrees tak pa kai? Brilliant, simply brilliant.

Chicken rice stall, wantan mee, nasi lemak, satay stalls, all must go for refresher courses or else licence cannot renew?

This would be a very good topic for the Ah Peks in the kopitiams to talk cock and sing song when they have nothing better to do.

PS. How much would the refresher courses cost? If like COE, bee tang, huat ah! The poor graduates would have to pay and pay again. Another new normal from our super talent. See bay khiang. Deserves to be paid a few more millions in bonus. How many hundred thousands of graduates out there to pay for refresher courses?

Cannot called such idea as senseless or even stupid. It creates a lot of jobs and revenue.  Very good for the economy, especially a captured or controlled economy. 

And the universities in the whole world would also think this is a great idea and would adopt it for uniformity with Singapore so that Singaporeans would not lose out or look like a soh chai. 

Hhahahahahahahahah....oops, oops, why am I laughing?

I think this is all a joke. Or Lim Tean must have misquoted him. I cannot believe this is for real.

PS. In today's paper, Ang Wei Neng has apologised for this proposal.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where did he go to after ComfortDelgro ?

Anonymous said...

Soccerbetting2:
March 3, 2022 at 7:15 pm (Quote)
This rubbish proposal should hauled out Ang Wei Neng evil b**** backside to be caned and send him to IMH to check why his brain is so evil ! His idea should Singapore education system is a total failure !

Agree, IMH case.

Anonymous said...

All the Ah Kongs and Ah Mas must go back to school to refresh their degrees.

Laugh until my teeth drop. Oops, no teeth oredy. Pants drop.

Singaporeans can have a really good laugh for the whole weekend talking about this.

Anonymous said...

This kind of stupidity is extremely rare. A national treasure.

Anonymous said...

The Bugger himself needs renewal and or a check-up of his mental state.

Lol.....


Anonymous said...

Where is the Commonsense of the
PAP Charlatans in the Sin Parliament.
Too
many clowns and worse, mentally-sick
and conscience-less beasts in the Cabinet.

Woes betide Sin.




Anonymous said...

The PartyAgainstPeople of Singapore

A-Non-Yes-Mouse said...

He is the representative of the epitome of a shit brain scrapped from the bottom of the shit bucket by the PAP Selection Committee saw fit to put him up as a candidate to to CON the Voters.

Anonymous said...

I think this dude needed to be sodomized jialat jialat leh

Anonymous said...

Mr Ang Wei Neng is brilliant, he should be in the 4G team and a potential PM. PAP is lucky to have him. The capitalist are profiting from education for decades. People all over the world were psycho to pay dearly for education, especially getting a degree. If his proposal get implemented, he is like a sage preventing money wasted on unnecessary education. People would have more money to rear children. Humans would be saved from extinction.

Anonymous said...

They should offer him to the opposition on a gold platter.

Anonymous said...

Think the Daft Voters con themselves.

Lol.....

Anonymous said...

No need degree. Degree are useless. Not even for 1 day. What for 5 years?!?!?!
Cannot even eat.

Anonymous said...

Now would it be better to introduce a University Degree COE for graduates and aske them to bid for extension every five years?

Anonymous said...

Just go straight to Singapore
Citizens.you want to stay in singapore.renew your citizens ship.every 2 years like taxi license.just go straight to the point! don't talk riddles!

KT2 said...

I think the MP picked up this idea from the SFA for food handlers who hold a basic food hygiene certificate. He/she must attend and pass the basic food hygiene course and be awarded the said certificate. This piece of paper is valid for a few years after which he/she has to attend a refresher course and passed it in order to continue to handle foods at hawk centres, and all F&B outlets.

Anonymous said...

Does this mean our scholar minsters' degrees be void too?
If void, they are no longer scholars and therefore can't remain as Ministers??