JC or polytechnic? How to guide your child in making a choice
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Polytechnic educator Anna Yap with her sons Oliver Yap (left), who went the polytechnic route, and Luther Yap (right), who studied at a junior college.
ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
SINGAPORE – Since her two sons were young, Mrs Anna Yap, a polytechnic educator, has known that one child was more suited for the junior college (JC) route while the other would thrive in a polytechnic.
Mrs Yap, 53, a senior director at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP), came to this conclusion based on the boys’ different learning styles and characters.