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21 December 2020

The Institute of Technical Education will offer six new work-study diploma courses next year, including aircraft cabin engineering, aircraft maintenance engineering, cloud management and operations, event management, fitness management, and opticianry.

ITE’s work-study technical diploma programme typically lasts between two and a half and three years, and is designed to provide a skills-based avenue for ITE graduates to upgrade themselves.

Students are hired by partner companies as full-time salaried staff, and 70 per cent of the curriculum time comprises on-the-job training.

Second Education Minister Maliki Osman said: “MOE recognises the value of applied education pathways for our students to gain skills relevant to industry.”

He added that the steady expansion of programmes like ITE’s work-study diploma programme is one key aspect of how the polytechnics and ITE are evolving to meet the aspirations of students and help ensure good employment outcomes.

16 December 2020

The Ministry of Education has said that next year, there will be no changes to school fees for Singapore citizens, permanent residents and students from Asean.

However, there will be an increase of about 3 per cent in fees for non-Asean foreign students in government and government-aided schools. These students will pay $25 to $50 more per month.

14 December 2020

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, together with United Overseas Bank, has launched a campus incubator to nurture start-ups, drive student entrepreneurship and encourage partnerships.

The campus incubator is called Agile, which stands for Accelerating Growth in Innovation, Learning and Entrepreneurship.

The first aim of the campus is to provide a space to encourage collaboration. UOB plans to work with NP to hold events and seminars there to share insights on fintechs and innovation, among other things.

The second aim of Agile is to serve as an incubator, which will be managed by The Sandbox, NP’s innovation and entrepreneurship office.

Agile’s third function is to provide a venue for programmes such as financial literacy workshops, talks with experts in innovation, entrepreneurship and career guidance, as well as hackathons and competitions.

30 November 2020

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) will be launching the SG Cyber Educators programme, which will equip teachers, school leaders and career guidance counsellors with knowledge on the cyber-security landscape and career options.

The aim of this exercise is to groom the next generation of talent in the field.

Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information Janil Puthucheary announced the programme at the recently-held Singapore Cybersecurity Education Symposium.

Under the programme, educators will also be able to attend regular information-sharing sessions with partners such as Cisco, Kaspersky Security and the Singapore Computer Society, as well as go on site tours conducted by CSA and industry players to learn about the different aspects of cyber security.

30 November 2020

A team of four students from the Institute of Technical Education College East raised some $86,000 for their peers who have been affected by the pandemic.

They did this by producing a video showcasing and telling heartfelt stories of their fellow students who have been struggling in this period.

The group behind the video – Cheryl Oon Siew Ying, 18, Danish Sufi Usyair, 18, Dela Cruz Trisha Mae Guzman, 19, and Margie Ybanez, 20 – took part in this year’s Youth for Causes (YFC) fund-raiser organised jointly by Citi Foundation and YMCA of Singapore. This year, 316 youths across 79 teams participated. Teams were each given the same seed funding of $1,600 and they got to decide how to utilise the funds to help a voluntary welfare organisation of their choice.

The ITE team that produced the video of their peers emerged as the best fund-raiser in the YFC this year.