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Podcast: The Afternoon Update with Lynlee Foo
Episode: Viewpoint: Does my diploma choice matter 10 years from now?
Description: With O-level results released just last week, many families would have spent the past few days making — or second-guessing — decisions about what comes next. For many students, choosing a diploma can feel overwhelming because it feels like choosing a future. But what if the course you pick today doesn’t even exist ten years from now? A new Straits Times analysis reveals that most polytechnic diploma programmes last less than a decade before being renamed, merged, or phased out. On Viewpoint, Lynlee Foo speaks to Teo Kai Xiang from The Straits Times to find out whether you...