50 Years Of Technical Education In Singapore: How To Build A World Class Tvet System
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50 Years Of Technical Education In Singapore: How To Build A World Class Tvet System

How to Build a World Class TVET System

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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50 Years Of Technical Education In Singapore: How To Build A World Class Tvet System

How to Build a World Class TVET System

About this book

This book describes in vivid detail how a newly independent nation with neither a history of technical education nor industry, developed in a short period of time a world-class system of technical and vocational education that helped it make rapid progress in its manufacturing and industrial sector. The economy and the education sector both developed in parallel, with each complementing the other, utilizing strategies and making the decisions that were to bring the country quickly to advanced status.Studies show that premature investment in higher education at the expense of technical and vocational education has created many leaders but few doers, leading to high unemployment. The Singapore Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) story demonstrates how governmental support helped changed the image of technical and vocational education to one equal with higher education, yet including bridges and ladders to allow everyone to maximize their potential.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1 The Colonial Legacy
  5. Chapter 2 The Adrenalin of Independence
  6. Chapter 3 Vocational Training Takes Off
  7. Chapter 4 The Role of the Economic Development Board in Technical Education
  8. Chapter 5 Polytechnics Come of Age
  9. Chapter 6 The Transformation of TVET
  10. Chapter 7 The Labour Movement and Worker Upgrading
  11. Chapter 8 Connecting TVET with Higher Education
  12. Chapter 9 Preparing for a Skills-Based Future
  13. Chapter 10 Key Lessons for Policy-Makers
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index