haha, you joking right? Engineering degree will always be better. Fact is, engineers are much more versatile. They can work in both technical and general fields. Even in an economic downturn, engineers are still employed for infrastructural needs. There is really no comparison between the two.

An engineer who manages to just pass his degree or get a third class honours can still find a decent job. A social science grad cannot. If a social science grad wants to work in a related field, he will need second upper minimum. Second lower and below grads will be relegated to unrelated admin work or sell insurance. Teaching used to be the fall back option for social science grads. But nowadays, its damn hard to get a teaching position. Parents are very very concerned on what kind of teachers MOE hires. Hence MOE only takes in the best. Not to mention now there is even competition for teaching spots. Even a second lower cannot get a place in NIE PGDE.