It was reported in the news (refer here) that the civil service have ceased describing its public officers by their division status in their policies. Before 2017, officers were described based on their division status. For instance, graduate officers are categorised as Division I officers, diploma officers are categorised as Division II officers, and so on.

I believe that this is a good start. This would put less pressure on the students, where they could focus on their soft skills and competencies rather than chasing the paper qualification. However, to many people, this claim of a move towards equality is difficult to believe.

For a start, the government should release statistics of the numbers of non-graduate hires they recruited, as well as the number of promotions and proportion of increments these officers receive on a yearly basis.

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