25 January 2021
Singapore Polytechnic is ramping up industry training for some of its courses.
SP introduced an Industry Now Curriculum pathway last year. Students in this programme worked with companies on real-life industry projects in place of conventional classroom modules. The real-life work projects, along with longer internships, will replace six modules’ worth of classroom learning across the second and third years.
Traditionally, students take modules and are assessed in the classroom with assignments. They then undertake a final-year project to test their ability to apply concepts and do an internship to pick up work skills.
The intention of the new format is to flip the mode of learning, so that work and hands-on projects become a bigger part of school life.