Scholarship should be awarded based on social economic status and not on academic achievement. Discuss.
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syanaz142 (student)
Scholarship should be awarded based on social economic status and not on academic achievement. Discuss.
In the world where the term financial freedom is very unlikely to exist, most people these days are working hard to have a better life. If you compare the cost of living in Kuala Lumpur today and 30 years ago, there is a big difference. A plate full of nasi lemak only cost RM 0.20 cost back in the 1980s now cost a whopping RM5.00. That’s about 2500% increase in price. Parents work hard to send their kids to school so that their children’s life would be better than theirs. Getting a good education is one of the ways to grant a scholarship. A scholarship is just like winning money, except in a form of education. People these days need a degree in a profession in order to get a good job with lucrative salary that enables them to live with the country with high cost of living. However the competition to get a scholarship is not easy these days as more of people getting good results academically. Moreover, the government has less fund to support the future generations’ studies local or overseas. This leaves government to really think about investing and sponsoring a student. They need to consider about their benefit, for example, the student that they are sponsoring, what contributions would they give back to the country. The question is, should scholarship be granted to those who can’t afford higher education or to those who did well in their studies? Let us consider both sides.
