STUDYING ABROAD IS BETTER THAN STUDYING IN LOCAL UNIVERSITIES.

People always think that study abroad is much better than study in local universities. It become a popular trend among the community to send their children to study overseas as for them our local universities does not have the international quality of education and poor in facilities. However, in my point of view, I totally disagree with the statement since I believe study in local universities is more beneficial. First of all, this is because our local universities had improved tremendously from year to year. Moreover, Malaysia has been awarded as the education hub for higher learning which has countless of public and private universities with many foreign students. This shows that the foreigners trust our quality of education more than ourselves. Next, local universities also provided the qualified lecturers including lecturers who from overseas. All the lecturers are hired based on their experiences which must be at least 5 years in education field. Furthermore, most of the academic programs are received full accreditation from Malaysian Qualifications Agency who formerly known as National Accreditation Council. Thus, our local universities actually have the capability in producing many successful students like doctors, teachers, bankers, lawyers, architects, and others. After that, studying in local universities can avoid our children from culture shock. As if they are in overseas, they have to get used with the new environment and cultures. If they cant assimilate to the foreign cultures, it will affect their study. Not only that, the education systems also different with our education systems. Their systems are more to independent learning which the lecturers expect the undergraduates to survive on their own. So, this may not be so helpful to students who are used to being spoon fed. There are possibilities to be influenced by the Western culture and lose certain local cultural values if they pursue their studies in overseas. When they are come back to Malaysia, they might oppose family customs and traditions which may lead to family fights, conflicts and unity disintegrates. This is because, after years of studying abroad, the family relationship no longer the same and lack of parental guidance which make them easily fall prey to peer influence. Even worse, some of them do not return to Malaysia at all after graduation. Comparing to study abroad which are high costs with expensive tuition fees, accommodation, transportation and exchange rates, studying locally are more convenient and save a lot of money. Studying overseas also can create financial woes for some families. It also can causes mental and emotional trauma especially for those who are with shy personalities and anti-social. They will feel homesick and loneliness where can affected their studies in overseas. Thus, I stand strong that its much better to study in local universities that study in overseas. Since, local universities have the same quality like the overseas universities and we can avoid all financial problems and cultural differences which make the undergraduates feel more secure. We also should stop the trend of sending bright students overseas under scholarships because they could also excel locally. (517 WORDS)