To study in Singapore's IHLs Schools under MOE

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MOE stand for Ministry Of Education. If you are looking schools in Singapore, it is good to choose MOE recognized schools. There are 10 institute of higher learning public school, in short 10IHLs. Best place to start at http://www.moe.gov.sg/ and find the links to suit your needs. For high school graduates from BEHS might look the following site.

http://www.moe.gov.sg/corporate/post_secondary.htm

Good Exercise

It is never wrong idea to take a TOEFL or SAT I or IELTS if you are looking for undergraduate study in oversea institutes. In SG, good exercise to check first whether your appointed institute is MOE recognized or not. Beware that there are a lot of private institutions out there in SG and some institutions can attend in YGN as well. MOE recognized the BEHS as GCE 'O', so your good BEHS academic records are the best exercise for admission. So, please be reminded your love youngs to study hard for BEHS right away now, as well.

Local is better in some cases..

If your appointed school is private, it is good to find the same flavour private institution in YGN as well. Attend in YGN and gather the Certs then you should better find your job/carrer in abroad (perhaps in SG). It is not recommanded to study in SG if your targeted instituation is a private one and rather new.
I have a story to tell about this by the way. One of my close who asked me for his/her further plan. I did say that "if you want to go abroad, you should better start off with education (institutes or academic) then find a job. The philosophy is that every country favour to its local qualification, no matter how high or low grade certification you did own while you are finding a job." It's sort of l10n (localization) policy which we couldn't see boldly within YGN about this. But soon after we met again, i have been asked about all these private education centers or some rather new centers. I said "No, please try somethingelse.. may be straight away to find work." Then he/she replied "You've already recommanded me to go for study because of job demand in the local-favoured-qualification!!"
Well, i admitted that it is not included for these private education centers. But these doesn't mean that every private education centers are not good or do not have recognization. There are some which have their heritage and well-known profiles. But a few thou!! YGN already have those a few, in my thought. Education centers like well-known profile might not miss the student, study and education demands from Myanmar students.


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After Poly and the Path for...

Why MOE? Because you can seek for tution grant (3 year bond). According to above MOE site FAQ, the following policy has changed for those poly graduates who wanna go for further study just after poly(this opportunity/policy is last time only available for Diploma with Merit);

Quote:
Deferment of TG Bond
Deferment for Further Studies
Q20 What are the deferment criteria if I wish to defer my TG bond for further studies?
You will be allowed to defer your TG bond as long as you have gained admission to a course in an academic institution, either local or overseas. You need not be pursuing a higher qualification when seeking deferment for the purpose of further studies. TG recipients who pursue further studies at any of the 10 IHLs do not have to provide a security deposit. However, those who pursue further studies at institutions other than the 10 IHLs will be required to provide a security deposit in the form of a Bankers Guarantee (BG).
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Q21 How do I apply for deferment? What will happen to my bond obligation?
Category 1 - Polytechnic TG recipients pursuing degree courses in NUS, NTU or SMU
You can apply for admission directly to the University. Upon successful admission, MOE will make arrangements for you to execute a Supplemental Agreement to allow you to defer your TG bond and receive another TG for your studies in the University. Upon the completion of your further studies, you will be required to serve out the 3-year bond obligation under the new TG agreement concurrently with the remaining bond obligation outstanding at the point of deferment.
Category 2 - TG recipients pursuing courses in one of the 10 IHLs (except for those in Category 1)
You can apply for admission directly to the Institution. Upon the completion of your further studies, you will be required to serve out your remaining bond obligation outstanding at the point of deferment. If you have received another TG for your further studies in one of the 10 IHLs, you will serve out the 3-year bond obligation under the new TG agreement concurrently with the remaining bond obligation.
Category 3 - TG recipients pursing courses in local private institutions or overseas Institutions, other than the 10 IHLs
You are required to fill up the attached form and submit it together with all the required documents (only certified true copies will be accepted), to the TG Section at least two months before the commencement of your deferment period. Approval for your deferment is subject to you providing a BG. Upon completion of your further studies, you will be required to serve out the remaining bond obligation outstanding at the point of deferment.
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Last Updated on 23 December 2005
Computation of Bankers Guarantee / Extension of Deferment Period


How do you know that the policy has changed?
* Old FAQ is still available in MS Word document format.
* New FAQ is updated at this MOE TG application page in PDF format.
Now you can compare this two FAQs. For derferment, Old FAQ mentioned at question 14 and New FAQ mentioned at question 20.

For finance matter?
Well, you can take the financial assistant in this way.
80% Tuition Grant (3 years bond)
80% of remain balance can be waived by taking Tuition Fee Loan Scheme (like Poly)
20% of remain balance can be waived by taking NTU/NUS Study Loan (NTUSL) plus S$3600 for study allowance per year.

This information is officially public at:
NUS
http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/sfau/UG/ug-loans.html
NTU
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/Admissions/financialassistance/tuitionfee/

In my opinion..

If you are a fresh graduate, i preferred you to go for work a year or more. You can save some money and working experience. If you did work for two years, you can apply for advancement of attachment semester in university which will result you to finish 6 months earlier. In 4 year full-time study, you have first year advancement because of Poly Diploma, plus presenting working experience for 6 month IAP. So in total, it is only 2.5 year to study out of 3 year. You have to present working experience, job offered letter or income tax to admission office. (focus its site for more details)

So that you can have some life style like using credit card, shopping of what you like, take a trip to Phukat or travelling around. And you can also have the idea of job scope which we actually are doing in industrial, office or work environment reflected to your diploma. This can make you to be a mature person and the mini entry of life style about what is in real world, how you can look back your parents and family, the revision of how's your parent brought you up, self-controlling of money matter by yours and many, many more about life style which i can't cover up to mention!!

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10IHLs

The 10 Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) are:
1 ) National University of Singapore (NUS),
2 ) Nanyang Technological University (NTU),
3 ) Singapore Management University (SMU),
4 ) Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP),
5 ) Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP),
6 ) Temasek Polytechnic (TP),
7 ) Singapore Polytechnic (SP),
8 ) Republic Polytechnic (RP),
(The following two shools are definately suited for those who are art minded like fashion designer as a career, etc..)
9) Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and
10 ) LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts.

Now you may ask me about the adminssion for those schools. Please visit to your interested schools accordingly and read through. Good tips to browse by;

1) Find the course by in term of Faculty/Department/School
2) Make sure to overview the Syllabus/Course/Program
3) Find admission department webpage for admission criteria which related to MOE Tution Grant matter (they will be surely stated about that!)

Or

Still no idea about what to do then you should spend some money to consult with local education centers like RV, Joint Com, MCC, etc.
Well, i also heard that Temasek Poly going to conduct the course in Ygn soon. Poly is not a age restricted but it is favoured not more than 25. But i have seen a person who was about 28 and attended the TP, in 2005 intake!

Logical thinking about Career or Study at abroad...

Very very big question which i almost could not give an answer but please readon:

If i already have a degree from Myanmar (in some major)??
Think first, whether you still want to study
or
You just want to work/find some career in abroad(Sg)

I have to highlight this category because you have to totally clear about your thoughts before you make any decision. Always remember that you already owned some Professional Certificate(s) with your Accredited Degree institute. You may not need to study anymore and/or just focus to find your carrer/job. My suggestion is that please don't take a risk to get institute without a throughout plan (it's worst that if you're looking private institution) while you are actually thinking about for job/career in abroad(SG). Our hunt here in this category is: Job & Visa (PR/SPass), don't you?

Practically, go for Master Study if you are still looking for higher education and still minded to study. Even spending 3-years Poly Study is another good idea if you are about to go a work/career. In my time, some YIT Mechanical/Electrical degree holders came Poly to get the diploma for finding their job/career. Poly diploma is more alike Professional Certificate to secure a job rather than academic credited.

By then your age is now a big concerned. Remember the targeted age for Poly mentioned above. You are a degree holder so you would probably around -25+ or more. I have no detail answer for that. Perhaps, you should find some jobs either in YGN or abroad which suit you or do some own business. I can just advise that it has to be made it clear for those people who truely focusing on study and those people who are more into Job and Career.

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For those who holding Computer and IT realted fields study, you might hunt a few full-time graduate diploma courses offered by NUS.

http://www.iss.nus.edu.sg

For those who holding E-Major or language related fields study, and have an experience on teaching related field, you might hunt a few full-time graduate diploma courses offered by NIE. In other term, "Teaching as a Career"

http://www.nie.edu.sg/ 


Anyway, good luck!