"Since the fall of the dotcom, many students believe there are limited opportunities within IT," he said. "Therefore higher grade students are no longer interested in taking the IT-related programs."

He said pursuing a career in IT is not attractive to students, thus the students that enter IT-related programs tend not to be the high quality ones.

According to figures from the Joint University Programs Admission System (JUPAS), average score for students admitted (in the IT-related programs) are lower by one to two grades as compared to a few years ago.

"We used to get As and Bs students, now most of the admitted students are the Bs and Cs students," added Lee.

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