Compare and Contrast Essay-Secondary School and University

            Education is important to everyone at the present time. It is a way of transferring the knowledge, skills and values from a generation to another. The levels of education can be divided into several groups such as primary, secondary and tertiary. Secondary school and university do share some common similarities; yet there are also differences between these two types of institutions. 

            Generally, secondary school and university are both institutions that provide education service to the society. Secondary school is the place for us to learn variety of skills and gain the basic knowledge. When we are studying in university, it would be an opportunity for us to expose ourselves to the society so called as the reality world and develop new experience through education provided.  Both of the institutions are where we must go through in order to be educated before entering to the society.

            Besides academic, secondary school and university also offer co-curriculum activities. In secondary school, students can join co-curriculum activities which divided into 3 main groups which are uniform body, sports and clubs. The students can develop their personalities and moral attitude by carrying the co-curriculum activities which provide them training such as leadership camp and marching. In University, they do provide co-curriculum activities too. It is concerned with socialization and exposure to the society. So, both of the institutions are similar in providing co-curriculum activities for the students.

            However, these two institutions can be easily differentiated in terms of price. The school fees for secondary school are cheaper than university. For a secondary school, students are usually required to pay the resources fees twice a year which is around RM 20 only. On the other hand, the cost of studying in university is higher due to the higher education is provided and depends on the course that a student wanted to study. Diploma or foundation program will at least costs more than RM 10,000 and when it comes to degree or higher education, we have to pay more.

            In addition, the dress code of secondary school is away from university. The dress code of secondary school is fixed. Each and every student has to wear the same type of uniform required by the school whereas university students are required to wear in smart casual. So, the dressing style of each university student is different. Some might wear jeans and t-shirt or skirt or even dress. Hence, we can differentiate between secondary school students and university students by observing their dress code.

            Different levels of education are provided at different price levels although secondary school and university share the same aim whereby providing the education and place for the people to study and gain knowledge. The rules and regulation in secondary school is more restricted whereas university is more loose and free. As a summary, there are similarities and also differences between secondary school and university.