The “Jewel” of Ngee Ann Polytechnic

By ser jia min

Secondary school students who cannot stand the sight and smell of their school toilets, fret not, there are polytechnics in Singapore that have decent toilets.

CHIJ secondary Toa Payoh students who is tired of the poor conditions of their school toilets and is willing to go to any polytechnic that has a decent toilet, well then, Ngee Ann polytechnic is just for you.

Students in Ngee Ann polytechnic have very good comments about the toilets in their school. Neo Yan Ling a first year student, doing a course on early childhood education in Ngee Ann polytechnic says that the toilets are, “Okay lah, it is quite clean, at least there is toilet paper in the toilets compared to other schools.”  She added that other areas in the school are “not really dirty”.

Siti Nurdiana, a first year student in Ngee Ann polytechnic who is pursuing a course in nursing says that toilets are “okay compared to the other blocks where the toilets are run down”. She added that “it’s not like the toilets are not clean”and that the school is “not badly dirty or something like that”.

Even the security guard, Lee Choo Moi, who was positioned near “Makan Place”, a canteen in Ngee Ann polytechnic, commented, “The toilets here are okay and it is slightly better than the other places that I had been.”

The students in Ngee Ann polytechnic find the cleaners in this school quite pleasant as well. Neo Yan Ling, a first year student who was mentioned earlier, said that the cleaners “are helpful I would say”. But there are those who do not really know them yet, an example would be Siti Nurdiana a first year student who was also mentioned earlier, commented, “I haven’t met any of them yet.”  

Despite its perfections, there are certain flaws to the “jewel” of Ngee Ann polytechnic. One such flaw is the manpower involved to maintain the cleanliness of the school. As the size of the school campus is different compared to the school in CHIJ secondary Toa Payoh, the manpower involved has to be sufficient.  

Atiqah a second year student doing a course on business and social enterprise says, “I think there are a lot of cleaners here so I guess there is sufficient manpower.” However, Zhang Qiu Huan, a sweeper, commented in mandarin," It is quite hard to keep the floors clean especially with so many students coming in and out and the place is quite big.”

In addition, a female cleaner who cleans the toilets at block 46, said in mandarin, “there is so many things to do, sometimes I have very little time for a tea break but I still have to do my job well.” She also added, “The place is very big you go and look outside and see how big the corridor is” as she gestured outside.  

With clean toilets and friendly cleaners who does their job well despite the size of the school, the toilets in Ngee Ann polytechnic is just right for the students of CHIJ Secondary Toa Payoh.

Reference: http://www.np.edu.sg