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Career and Technical Training in Singapore: Transforming Singapore’s Human Capital for the Future Economy

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The Ministry of Education (MOE) is the central authority for both formal TVET and continuing education in Singapore. The key TVET providers at the post-secondary level, comprising the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and the five polytechnics, are the major suppliers of TVET to support Singapore’s economic growth and transformation.

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    MOM (Ministry of Manpower Singapore) (2016).

  2. 2.

    Central Intelligence Agency (2018).

  3. 3.

    United Nations Development Programme (2018).

  4. 4.

    About SkillsFuture. (n.d.).

  5. 5.

    About the Future Economy Council (n.d.).

  6. 6.

    See Footnote 4.

  7. 7.

    Singapore Statutes Online (2016).

  8. 8.

    Singapore Statutes Online (2003).

  9. 9.

    Sectoral Manpower Development Plan (SMDP) (n.d.).

  10. 10.

    Industry Transformation Maps (ITMs) (2016).

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    Skills Framework (n.d.).

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    See Footnote 10.

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    MTI (Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore) (2017).

  14. 14.

    MTI (Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore) (2016).

  15. 15.

    See Footnote 11.

  16. 16.

    About Us (n.d.).

  17. 17.

    See Footnote 1.

  18. 18.

    See Footnote 16.

  19. 19.

    See Footnote 1.

  20. 20.

    Compulsory Education (n.d.).

  21. 21.

    Post-secondary (Education) (n.d.).

  22. 22.

    About ITE (n.d.).

  23. 23.

    See Footnote 21.

  24. 24.

    Singapore Statutes Online (n.d.).

  25. 25.

    Varaprasad (2016).

  26. 26.

    Progression Opportunities (n.d.).

  27. 27.

    Ting (2015).

  28. 28.

    See Footnote 26.

  29. 29.

    MOE (Ministry of Education Singapore) (2017).

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    A guide to polytechnic education—Introduction (n.d.).

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    See Footnote 29.

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    See Footnote 29.

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    See Footnote 11.

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    See Footnote 14.

  35. 35.

    Skills Framework: Which are the Sectors? (n.d.).

  36. 36.

    Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) (n.d.).

  37. 37.

    See Footnote 36.

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    See Footnote 29.

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    MOM (Ministry of Manpower) (2018).

  40. 40.

    Singapore Statutes Online (n.d.).

  41. 41.

    SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme (n.d.).

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    SkillsFuture SG (2017).

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    Education and Career Guidance (ECG) (n.d.).

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    See Footnote 5.

  45. 45.

    About MTI—Future Economy Council (FEC) (2017).

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    Future Economy (n.d.).

  47. 47.

    Read the Full Report (n.d.).

  48. 48.

    Tang (2017).

Abbreviations

ACTEP:

Advanced certificate in technical education programme

AWWA:

Asian women’s welfare association

CDC:

Community development council

CE:

Compulsory education

CET:

Continuing education and training

CFE:

Committee on the Future Economy

CoC:

Certificate of competency

CPE:

Committee for private education (previously known as council for private education)

DPP:

Direct-entry-scheme to polytechnic programme

e2i:

Employment and Employability Institute

ECG:

Education and career guidance

ELP:

Earn and learn programme

ERP:

External review panel

EV:

External validation

FEC:

Future Economy Council

GCE:

General certificate of education

GCE A-Level:

Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

GCE ‘N(A)’ Level:

General certificate of education ‘normal (academic)’ level

GCE ‘N(T)’ Level:

General certificate of education ‘normal (technical)’ level

Higher Nitec :

Higher national ITE certificate

IAL:

Institute for Adult Learning

ICT:

Information and communications technology (also known as infocomm technology)

IHL:

Institution of higher learning

IQAF:

ITE quality assurance framework

ISAR:

Institutional self-assessment report

ISC:

ITE skills certificate

ITE:

Institute of Technical Education

ITM:

Industry transformation map

LOC:

Letter of collaboration

MER:

Minimum entry requirement

MOE:

Ministry of Education

MOI:

Memorandum of intent

MOM:

Ministry of Manpower

MOU:

Memorandum of understanding

MRO:

Maintenance, repair and overhaul

MTI:

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Nitec :

National ITE certificate

NP:

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

NS:

National service

NTUC:

National Trade Unions Congress

NYP:

Nanyang Polytechnic

PET:

Pre-employment training

PFP:

Polytechnic foundation programme

PQAF:

Polytechnic quality assurance framework

PSEI:

Post-secondary educational institution

PSLE:

Primary school leaving examination

QAF:

Quality assurance framework

QAFU:

Quality assurance framework for universities

RP:

Republic Polytechnic

SF:

Skills framework

SP:

Singapore Polytechnic

SSEC:

Singapore standard education classification

SSG:

SkillsFuture Singapore

SUSS:

Singapore University of Social Sciences

TACs:

Trade associations and chambers

TP:

Temasek Polytechnic

TVET:

Technical and vocational education and training

VITB:

Vocational & Industrial Training Board

WLTD:

Work-Learn technical diploma

WSG:

Workforce Singapore

WSQ:

Workforce skills qualifications

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  2. Regional Centre for Vocational and Technical Education and Training, Southeast Asian Ministries of Education, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam

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Thang, T.T.Y. (2019). Career and Technical Training in Singapore: Transforming Singapore’s Human Capital for the Future Economy. In: Bai, B., Paryono (eds) Vocational Education and Training in ASEAN Member States. Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6617-8_8

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