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.