Technical education system needs to teach more resilience

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Aug 26, 2017 06:00 am

With a rapidly changing economy, the technical and vocational education and training system needs to be more adaptive and train students to be more resilient, Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Education Services chief executive Bruce Poh said yesterday. This is because the system contributes to the backbone of Singapore's economy, he said.

A person may have to take on several jobs in his lifetime and has to keep learning throughout life, he added.

"The technical and vocational education and training system will grow... in continuing education, and students have to get used to learning, relearning, unlearning and repeating the cycle," he said.

Mr Poh was speaking on the sidelines of the Temasek Foundation International@10 Asia Skills Leaders Forum at the ITE Headquarters and College Central.

He heads ITE Education Services, the consulting arm of ITE, which was set up to share its expertise with other countries.

Policymakers and leaders from 16 countries attended the four-day forum on technical education and training, which ended yesterday.- THE STRAITS TIMES