Mixing school and work


Lim opted for a new scheme where she worked four days and attended classes once a week. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

UNLIKE many of her peers who made a beeline for university, Shanice Lim, 22, hesitated to do the same after her graduation from polytechnic two years ago.

As she did not like the idea of rushing headlong into getting a degree in three to four years, she opted for a new programme that would let her combine work with school. Until recently, it was known as the Earn and Learn Programme (ELP).

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