A commentary

I have decided to write a commentary on Fiona Cher's blog. The entry that I have chosen is dated on August 10. The article Fiona referred to is 5 out of 100 points enough to enter varsity in Taiwan" published in The straits time.

I found this article very interesting because while students in Singapore are facing such tense competition in trying to enrol into an university, students in Taiwan are able to enter universities with academic grades as low as 5%.

According to the entry, Taiwan is having such problems because there is an oversupply of universities, but at the same time, Taiwan is facing a plunge in population. Thus, in order to fill up the vacancies in universities, universities allow all sorts of students to enrol in, including students who are incapable.

Such move is DEFINITELY going to have negative impacts on Taiwan's workforce and economy! If universities allow all kinds of students to enrol in and graduate, the workforce is going to be affected! This is because students who are incapable in obtaining a degree in the past are now able to obtain one. However, the standards is not as before. This means that the quality of Taiwan workers is going to deteriote. When the workforce hire incapable workers, economy will be affected. Thus, such move is not advisable!

I can understand that Taiwan is trying to fill up the vacancies in the various universities, but such move is not the solution. In fact, this solution is going to backfire in no time. It is important to nurture useful workers for the workforce, not simply producing incapable workers. Thus, I totally agree with Fiona that to solve such problems, Taiwan governments should close down some universities and raise the bar, make the requirements for enrolment into university higher.

I found this entry written by Fiona very insightful, thus I wish to congratulate her for clinching one of the top three blogs title!