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<\/center><\/p>\nIn Malaysia, the majority of parents (97%) contribute towards the cost of their child\u2019s primary school education, with 93% also contributing towards their university or college education. Globally though, the figures are lower with 89% of parents contributing towards the cost of their child\u2019s primary school education while for university or college education, it\u2019s 85%. Last year, parents\u2019 contribution towards the cost of primary school education was a little higher at 98% while contribution towards university or college education was lower at 86%. \u00a0<\/p>\n
ROAD TO SUCCESS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n When thinking about the courses they would like their child to study at university, Malaysian parents show their ambition. Medicine (16%), engineering (14%) and business, management and finance (12%) are the most preferred. This sentiment by parents is shared globally too with medicine being the most preferred course at 13%. This trend is also similar to last year\u2019s report where Malaysian parents choose medicine as the preferred course.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition, 95% of parents are considering postgraduate education for their child which is a slight drop from last year\u2019s figure of 96%, and 80% of them expect to contribute to the cost. Nonetheless, 86% of parents think completing a postgraduate degree is important for their child to get full-time employment in their chosen occupation. The importance of a postgraduate degree to their future job prospects is also shared among parents in China (91%), Indonesia (91%) and Mexico (90%).\u00a0<\/p>\n Parents in Malaysia are very optimistic about their children fulfilling their potential. While 82% of parents in Malaysia are confident that their child will have a bright future, this sentiment is equally shared by India 87% and China, 84%. In contrast, parents in France are more cautious, with only 42% being confident of a bright future for their child. Similarly, 85% of parent in India and 78% in China feel confident their child will get a great job, followed closely by Malaysia at 75%. In France, only 36% of parents feel confident their child will get a great job.\u00a0<\/p>\n PLANNING AHEAD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia is the most popular choice for Malaysian parents to send their children for overseas university education at 67% followed by United Kingdom (38%) and United States (24%). Globally though, United States is the most popular choice for countries such as Chinese Taipei (70%), China (61%) and Canada (61%) to send their children for overseas university education.\u00a0<\/p>\n Many parents, when considering university education abroad for their child, have specific criteria in mind when selecting a university \u2013 the quality of teaching on offer (67%), the courses the university offers (61%) and the prestige associated with the university (55%). However, 31% of parents do not know how much it would cost for their child to study abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n Another option parents have now are digital learning where 69% would consider a university degree for their child which is completely online or incorporates some online modules. This figure is even higher than the global average of 60%. If the online degree is cheaper than the cost of a traditional campus-based degree, it influences a large part in Malaysian parents\u2019 consideration (67%) compared to the global average of 60%.\u00a0<\/p>\n Many parents are making or have made financial sacrifices including reducing their spend on leisure activities (58%), working longer hours in their existing job (31%), contributing less to their own long-term savings or investments (65%) and taking on a job\/second job (32%) to help fund their child\u2019s education. Globally though, the figures are lower with 40% reducing their spending on leisure activities and 21% working longer hours in their existing job.\u00a0<\/p>\n Additionally, 89% of parents are ready to make personal sacrifices for their child to succeed compared to the global figure of 82%.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEducation is important for many parents judging by the sacrifice they make in terms of time and money to ensure their children gets the best education. Knowing today\u2019s highly competitive global job market, sacrifices and going the extra mile are key drivers for parents to ensure they have the best interests of their child at hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n Knowing also that the education landscape in Malaysia has changed over time, many parents are willing to pay good money to ensure that their child have the best education, both in terms of academic and lifestyle, something which they couldn\u2019t experience in their students days,\u201d said Lim Eng Seong, Country Head, Retail Banking and Wealth Management, HSBC Bank Malaysia.\u00a0<\/p>\n Practical steps\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n HSBC\u2019s research identified four actions that parents can consider when planning for their children\u2019s education.\u00a0<\/p>\n 1. Start planning early\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Early planning and saving for education can help your children fulfil their potential and limit the strain on family finances.\u00a0<\/p>\n 2. Be realistic about the costs\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The costs of educating your children from school to university can be very expensive. Be sure to allocate enough money to support their development and attainment through all stages of their education\u00a0<\/p>\n 3. Consider university abroad\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A university education abroad can help your children to be independent and enhance their job prospects. Make sure to plan for all the implications including higher tuition fees, international travel and exchanges rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n 4. Prepare for the long term\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Parents can still be paying for their children\u2019s education well into their twenties. Understand the extra costs of them studying for longer and consider putting plans in place to fund these should the unexpected happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Value of Education is an independent consumer research study into global education trends, commissioned by HSBC. Higher and higher, the fourth report in the series, was published in June 2017 and represents the views of 8,481 parents in 15 countries and territories around the world: Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan, UAE, UK and USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n The findings are based on a sample of parents with at least one child aged 23 or younger currently (or soon to be) in education, drawn from nationally representative online panels in each country or territory. At least 500 parents (including 150 with a child at university or college), were surveyed in all countries. In the UK, 1,001 parents (including 202 with a child at university or college) were surveyed. In China, 946 parents (including 504 from the Pearl River Delta region) were surveyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parents are spending an average of RM109,470 (USD25,479) on their child\u2019s education from primary school up to university undergraduate level, according to Higher and higher, HSBC\u2019s new report in The Value of Education series.\u00a0 Of the over 8,400 parents in 15 countries and territories surveyed, parents in Hong Kong RM567,394 (USD132,161) are ranked number one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5957,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/5957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}