As mentioned in the blog before this I meant to post another blog about something but that was after I opened today's copy of BB. So I will save my intended post for a later date in the future.
Some encouraging remarks made by renowned panellists at the roundtable dialogue - panel discussion at a renowned hotel in Jerudong.
I still remember when I was studying for my O and A level Geography, whenever the topic or Urbanisation and Industry was discussed, I was lead to believe that Government and Industry are the major players in deciding the future of a country. These major players decide what should be put down on the curricular to better suit their needs of skilled labour for the Industry and this in turn benefits the country. This highlighted by BSP's Deputy MD who "spoke of the need to revise Brunei's education system to address the country's shortage of skilled and professional workers." Why have skilled and professional labour come into our country? Are we not qualified enough to fill in the positions?
Truthfully, most people do not really know what they want to become when they grow up. From young, the idea of becoming Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants have clouded the childrens minds. I am not saying it is bad but what if the child wants to do something else? Most of the time they just follow what their parents want them to do rather than they themselves making up their own minds.
Perm Sec of C,Y and S touched on the ideas to change the mindset of youths. He also mentioned the programs which are provided to train youths to be better equipped for work opportunities.
The Minister of Education himself has highlighted the need to build an education system which will equip students for the 21st century. I am sure many will be relieved which his honourable's statement because it is long over due for a revamp. While some other will moan at the fact that I has taken this long before some action was taken. But really, 'Its better late than never'.
My concern really is the general flow of governance. How can we work towards becoming a unit rather than a separate entity? If only I could elaborate it here but I do not want to be ridiculed for giving a 'weak' suggestion. Or maybe I am just afraid of saying something out of line.
I support the idea of overhauling the system. It only for the better. As always there will be imperfections but thats life. Its not perfect. Deal with it. For now we will just have to wait for these alterations to materialise.
3 comments:
yet i still wonder, why does the public and private sector(s) in brunei prefer to hire graduates from overseas rather than those who graduate from UBD. I was working with one of the MNCs in Brunei not long ago and observed the recruitment ansd selection process of that company. Im surprised that they would prefer to hire graduates from overseas (though UBD graduates had better grades than the oversea graduates). It seems like the private and public sector in Brunei appreciate overseas graduates better than the local graduate. This should be review seriously.
Interesting post MrT. As important as it is to target the youth minds now.. it is also important to target the parents as well as the people around them. There has always been arguments that 'Bruneians' are narrow minded and that we need to change the thinking of the people- I agree but even if you target the youth you still need to target the wider population. After all in our culture and religion we are taught not to be over the top and say against those older than us, with this in mind how can we move on politically and have freedom of speech. Our parents are our biggest influence in this world, and for them to agree and think similar to us only helps to better the family ties as well as the country. Brunei is also known for easy spiralling effects so if we or the youth teach their parents a thing or two hopefully it can 'spiral' to other parents and so forth. And InsyaAllah, our nation will be better overall. God bless.
What I really prefer is that the class size should be smaller! There certainly would be drastic changes if only class size is reduced. Then we could venture into other strategies like overhauling to give Bruneians a better education.
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