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Maybe help to reduce the workload a bit, not only every single week, 10 hours, 10 hours work, let's say Saturday, Sunday study, study. If they can reduce a little better, then it's good for us. But do you know any centre for you guys to study? Like any SPAS centre for workers to come study, learn everything? Do you know any? No idea.

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Date Taken: 9 May 2025

Interviewer: Rishi

Interviewee(s): Mahindran, Karan

Scribe(s): Angus

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Willingly spend money

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Didn't get enough time to study, time to rest

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If company sponsors, that is much, much better.

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Okay, if you... Do you want to finish the syllabus quickly or want to spread out a bit? Don't rush. Don't need to rush the course. Just slowly spread out.

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Date Taken: 9 May 2025

Interviewer: Matthew

Interviewee(s): Sajjad Ali

Scribe(s): Evelyn, Hayley

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Is that something you prefer? Oh. Or only one extra day to study, rest day or something like that? Actually, this depends. Actually, some classes offline is better, some classes online is better.

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So we are student, currently we are student over here. Last one month, yes. This course, your company send you or you willingly spend money yourself? Willingly spend money.

Okay, what you study currently, what degree anything? Certificate of Competency. Marine, marine, same. All three are same? Same, same.

All same. Okay, currently how many days you work, which one is your half day? Saturday and Sunday. Saturday and Sunday. Okay, Saturday and Sunday, do you have time to study or just rest? Actually... Yeah, we do have. Rest both, yeah.Somehow have to manage, no? Because normally class is around morning 8 o'clock, evening 6 o'clock.

All the difficulty you face? Time schedule is the main problem. Because the class is starting around morning 8 o'clock and around till evening 6 o'clock. Approximately travelling for us around one hour. Around travelling from our home to this college.

I think around mostly... If the campus would have a hostel facility for international students, no? It would be better. It would have been very easier for at least, we don't have to find an outside accommodation. That travelling time, travelling expense would have been... Okay, currently... Okay, what do you want to study? Your ambition after you study all these extra course, right? You want to do what? Actually we are working.

Singing, dancing, learn extra course, learn programming, learn anything. Would you take part in? But it should be like something like online or you don't have to spend much time on that.

Any facility that will help you personally? I think for me, online is I think better. Okay. Because for travelling purpose, we have to expense so much money. And for staying and other, we have to expense so much money. For you also online? Online. Okay, you prefer group study or individual one-to-one online class? Depends upon the person. For me, group study is also okay. Okay. For me, depends if we are calculation based or something

Okay, then you prefer the app-based or computer-based? Computer-based, I think it's little better. Okay, then you prefer coming to class here or very difficult? You can do online fully, super teacher everything. You'll definitely like that.

Okay, when you are studying here, you come to class to study, right? Any difficulty you face? ? Yeah, because the course duration is very less over here. So, actually that is not a problem.Some faculties will take a little time longer for the teaching purpose. Some other faculties will just read the slides and go through all the slides very fast The problem is the duration is very less. So, actually syllabus is little longer. So, that is not a problem with the faculty.

Not just study-study one.Skills wise, for all the language and everything. Would you go? Of course.If anybody is sponsoring us, then surely we will come over here and we will study. That is not a problem for me. So, problem right now is cost.

o, actually what we prefer is, they have to arrange the classes. Maybe for the Monday to Wednesday, we have an online class. And after that, two days we can attend an offline one. Alternate? Yeah, alternate. So, that will help us

You can go, refresh, then start class at home, online. Would you prefer? No, no. That will be more tiring. You have to come, travel, then go back and again study. ( Okay, what if it's like once a week, Friday like that? Friday and a bit early, then you can go and study.That's okay

So, if you can keep on upgrading, you will still upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. Yes, upgrade. But... What do you think your limit is? Like maximum. If this thing happens, you need to stop already. Enough is enough. I think in this field, there is no limit.

Till you die, you have to study. Okay, okay. The only thing you can achieve is financial stability.

More efficient. We felt like you can reduce the number of subjects. Like many subjects, they are split into two parts

Okay, if I create a website, all online for you very nicely, I create a virtual teacher, online teacher like that, fake one. AI like that. Would you guys prefer it? Yeah, I think that's a little better. Better? Maybe. Mostly it is a little better. You guys? I don't know how practical it is to learn from an AI or something like that. I think for some kind of questionnaire or something like that, we can ask. Theory part, it can be okay. But calculation wise, I don't know

After the completion of course, some of the companies are paying. Not every company. Do you think the government is supporting you enough or... Maybe you can do just a bit better.

But do you know any centre for you guys to study? Any SPAS centre for workers to come, study, learn everything. Do you know any? ) No idea. No idea. ) Okay, okay. That's the problem.

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So if you can keep on upgrading, you'll still upgrade, upgrade, upgrade? Yes, yes. Okay, okay. But... What do you think your limit is? Like maximum. Like if this thing happens, then okay, need to stop already. Enough is enough. I think this field, there is no limit. Till you die, you have to study. Okay, okay, okay. The only thing you can achieve is financial stability. Once you achieve that, you can stop and rest a little. Till that, we'll keep on doing this. Okay, got it.

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So, weekend, rest day also must come, study very difficult.

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It's very tiring.

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You're given a chance for free. For free? If the company gives you a chance to learn extra things, programming, anything you like, not just study, study one. Skills wise, all the language, everything. Would you go? Of course, if anybody is sponsoring us, then surely we will come over here and we will study. Oh, really? That's not a problem for me, at least. So, the problem right now is cost.

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You cannot do any job, any extra activity also.

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Our classes start at 8 o'clock and finish 6 o'clock.

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So, you cannot concentrate.

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After 2 hours, your battery is finished.

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But do you want a company to sponsor you to go this course or you feel there is too much pressure on you? If company sponsors, that is much, much better. No pressure, headache, nothing like that? They have some, like when we go back after this, completing this exam, they will pay us like monthly of a small amount extra that we are having this course. But I think some of the companies are actually paying for this course.

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Polite mall in SP...very difficult.

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Sometimes here, one class is for 3 hours, 4 hours.

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Study 90% at home, come here just catch a touch up...

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I prefer face-to-face because you can ask questions from teacher."

"Sometimes audio problem, sometimes he cannot understand."

"We like the hard copy."

"Hard copy books."

"We are only learning from this polite mall online."

"Too much. Maybe it can spread more or something?"

"Short course easy because long time studying... your mind will be after some time off."

"Like your deal, if you changing continuously, then same deal, continue watching."

"If you say, ok, ok, teacher saying this, you say ok, then after next day, you will say, oh, what is this, you forget one time."

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"Singapore is very expensive."

"So, monthly salary is not enough to study extra course?"

"Yes, yes, it's not enough."

"They are charging fees for everything."

"If they can just give some subsidy in this."