Ng Yao Zhong - Fourth varsity: 2,500 places, focus on skills across fields

Mentioned on last year August that there will be a fourth university in Singapore which include 3 different kind of skills engineering, design and business. The purpose of the fourth university is to increase the enrollment rates for undergraduates from 25 percent currently to 30 percent which is around 2,400 places and is equally divided for the polytechnic graduates and junior-college students. Besides the fourth university, the government also recommends: building a small liberal arts college in National University of Singapore, introduce new programmes to all 3 university and last of all expanding the polytechnic niche degree programmes. The fourth university will be a little different from the others instead of a chosen skill the will learn skills across fields.

Personal Views:
Its good news that the fourth university is going to be build soon which means that our country is still developing and people are working in the tertiary industrial. The fourth university is kind of unique due to the way they pick up their skills which also give more chances to other polytechnic graduates and junior-college students to further their studies. Students with one of these skills will be a help to the economy next time.