Mr David Leong, managing director of recruitment firm PeopleWorldwide Consulting, says: "Unless they (private school graduates) go into specialisations that are hot like data analytics, they will find it a challenge to level up to the autonomous university graduates."
Experts say even if a diploma holder starts with a pay jump of $200 with a private degree, it will take a long while to make up the degree fees and the loss in experience and salary that could have been earned by entering the job market earlier. The cost of a degree, including the loss of salary, could easily add up to $80,000.
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