I REFER to last Thursday's letter, "Poly grads can disrupt NS for varsity" by Colonel Darius Lim from the Ministry of Defence.

He says: "Those who graduate from polytechnics are mostly enlisted in the quarters beginning June and September." What happens to my son (a poly graduate) who was enlisted in December?

Apparently, the directive does not have a provision for polytechnic graduates who are enlisted in December due to various reasons like medical screening.

My son, who was unfortunate to be in this situation, applied for disruption with the rationale of "cohort equity".

However, Mindef rejected his disruption request as it seems it has never factored in the possibility of poly graduates being enlisted in December.

When probed further, Mindef came up with a cursory "It's our policy" reply. What happened to "cohort equity" as promised by Mindef?

I believe that like my son's case, there are other similar cases out there which deserve similar redress.

Jeffrey Kong

This article was first published in The Straits Times.