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31 January 2020

The Ministry of Education recently announced that from October this year, A-Level graduates can be exempted from up to two semesters in 56 polytechnic courses if they fulfil the necessary module requirements.

This policy will enable A-Level students who subsequently study in the polytechnics to shorten their diploma courses by one year.

In addition, the total number of polytechnic courses offering exemptions of at least one semester will also increase to 120.

Since 2019, eligible A-Level students have been allowed mid-year entry to about 110 polytechnic courses, and exemptions from modules depending on their A-Level subjects.

Noting that the mid-year entry launched last year has received positive feedback from students and parents, Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung said that the reduction of the course duration for A-Level students “does not compromise the quality” of the diploma education.

29 January 2020

Institute of Technical Education students are now learning how to use artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems.

One student project completed recently involves a mini-robot that reminds elderly patients to take their medication and an interactive signboard that spots errant cyclists at void decks.

These projects are part of a programme jointly launched by ITE College West and Intel Corporation. The pilot Intel Artificial Intelligence for Youth (AI4Y) programme had 1,120 students enrolled last year.

AI4Y hopes to reach up to 15,000 students, and will be rolled out in phases starting with the School of Electronics and Info-Comm Technology in ITE College West.

Thus far, 20 lecturers from the three ITE colleges have undergone a five-day training camp sponsored by Intel. By the end of June, 60 staff across all schools will be trained to use the AI4Y programme.

27 January 2020

A graduate employment survey has found that five per cent of Institute of Technical Education graduates managed to get degrees from local public universities, while 10 per cent succeeded in obtaining degrees from private or overseas universities.

The ITE survey tracked 3,500 graduates from 2007 to 2017.

Another 44 per cent of ITE graduates eventually attained qualifications higher than an ITE certificate, though they did not go to university.

The ITE survey also found that the median salary of its graduates increased from $1,200 in 2007, when they left ITE, to $3,000 in 2017. Compared with their peers who went on to work after secondary school, ITE graduates were also better off, earning $500 more a month.

Meanwhile, annual graduate employment surveys from Singapore’s polytechnics showed that fresh graduates from the five polytechnics — Nanyang, Ngee Ann, Republic, Singapore and Temasek — reported a median gross monthly salary of $2,400 last year.

21 January 2020

According to the Ministry of Education, in the past few years, slightly more than half of the secondary school-leaving-age cohort enrolled in polytechnics.

Of the secondary school leaving cohort, about 29 per cent enrolled in JCs and Millennia Institute, which offers a three-year programme leading to the A levels.

The Ministry of Education has planned for 22,000 places to be made available this year in the five polytechnics, namely Ngee Ann, Nanyang, Temasek, Republic and Singapore polytechnics. Of these, 4,400 of the places would go to students who had applied through the Early Admissions Exercise.

School leavers who are keen on the polytechnic route say that the diploma pathway has, in recent years, become more attractive as it offers courses that prepare them for careers in emerging industries and fields where there is a high demand for workers.