Advantage
and Disadvantage of Vocational Education
When we graduated from Mathayom 3or grade 9, there
are 2 options for us to further our education, namely general education and
vocational education. Vocational education seems weaker than general one. Although vocational education has negative image,
this dost not mean that Thai Vocational Education is not good.
The
main advantage of vocational education is easy to find jobs. All vocational
students are prepared to be ready for their careers with various courses and
internship. Hence, almost employers usually accept vocational students to work
in their companies because they realize that the students have enough
experience for working. In case, if we have an opportunity to do our internship
at a good company, we will get paid. Fortunately, if we do good job and our
boss recognizes our diligence, we might be able to work there immediately.
Furthermore, the vocational education is very interesting to learn. There are
various and interesting courses to learn.
A poll conducted by the Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC)
revealed that 2 most popular vocational courses are industrial subjects with
37% of students followed by commerce or business administration courses with
24% of students. The results from Suan Dusit poll showed that the most popular
course is automotive technician followed by accounting, business administration
and electrical technology. Apart from this, when we have completed vocational
certificate, we will have 2 options for our future studying. We can study in
higher vocational certificate. Meanwhile, we can choose to study in some
universities. Suan Dusit poll showed that 63.24% of vocational students have
permanent after they graduate. In addition, vocational study is not stressed.
It is good for those who are not good at science and mathematics. Also, the students can go out of their institution
after they finished their classes. Besides, their uniform is unique and pretty.
One
of the major disadvantages of vocational education is that bad image. We often
hear negative news on TV or newspaper about students from 2 different
institutions fight on the bus, for example, mechanical students from Pathumwan
Institute of Technology were shoot by opponents, Rajamangala university
University Tawan-Ok, Uthenthawai Campus. Moreover, Mr.Chaturon, the current
Minister of Education, said that a survey showed that in 2004, the number of
fight of vocational students raised 3,000 times per years. Secondly,
opportunities to study in universities of vocational students are restricted.
In many vocational education institutions, there are not any advisors to give
useful information about university admission. This can cause the students
confused about the university admission system. Moreover, some faculties in
several universities do not accept vocational students because the knowledge of
Physic, Chemistry and Biology is required. Finally, Thai children and their
parents still have wrong attitudes about vocational education. Almost of them
view it ineffective and without dignity unlike receiving university degrees. In
the past, students graduated from vocational institutions were unemployed. For
ones who were employed, they were blue-collar.
All
things considered, no matter how advantageous or disadvantageous vocational
education is, if we are good students, we can succeed in our study. Meanwhile,
if we are lazy no matter where we study, we cannot succeed easily. Thus, we
should study in programs that suit our interests and abilities.
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