KOTA KINABALU: Most would-be school-leavers attending the Higher education Fair at Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School here still find education fairs as the most convenient for deciding future study prospects.
Form Six Science stream students, Nathan Ling and Yong Vui Chung, found the education fair helpful in learning about what various local and foreign universities and colleges have to offer.
Sophia Wee, also a Form Six student, added that education fairs are the most convenient and accessible for a student to gain a perspective on study prospects as representatives are present to offer immediate advice.
“If I have the time I visit education fairs such as this because it is easier to find answers as I am communicating face-to-face with the university’s representative,” she remarked.
Rodney Vu, a local representative from a Singaporean institute at the fair, acknowledged that it is easier to approach prospective students through these education fairs because communication is direct with the students.
Meanwhile, students also see better education opportunities by choosing to study abroad as in the case of Nathan, Yong and SPM-leavers Elliot Heng, Sritaran and Anson Chin who have Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom or the United States of America in mind for their future studies.
Earlier, Datuk Seri Panglima Gan Sau Wah, president of the Sabah United Chinese Chambers of Commerce, officiated at the event at the Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School Hall.
Some 65 local and foreign universities including Monash University, University of New South Wales, Taylor’s University, Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Sabah Institute of Art, and RIAM Institute of Technology took part in the education fair.