Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Singapore
- Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Singapore
Maintenance and continuation of the partnership between the state of Singapore and Baden-Württemberg in vocational training that has existed for over 30 years.
Baden-Württemberg and Singapore have had a close partnership since 1991. Since then, the two countries have been working closely together in the field of vocational training. Numerous projects for teacher qualification were carried out and school partnerships were established with student and teacher exchanges.
The current projects relate in particular to the further development of the technical schools in the fields of automotive engineering and mechanical engineering that were introduced in January 2007 based on the Baden-Württemberg model. In addition to their Technical Engineering Diploma, the successful graduates of the technical schools also receive recognition as state-certified technicians by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Baden-Württemberg.
During the development of the technical schools as well as in the implementation and control phase, the teachers from Singapore are regularly trained by expert trainers from Baden-Württemberg, currently with a focus on Industry 4.0.
At the same time, in recent years, at the request of the ITE, multipliers have been systematically trained for teacher training in vocational education. The focus of the cooperation is on developing the quality of job-related teaching.
Technical School for Technology – Technical Engineer’s Diploma
The TED programme is implemented in the two fields of automotive and mechanical engineering. In addition to the training programmes at ITE Singapore , there are regular student exchanges between the participating project schools in Baden-Württemberg and ITE Singapore.
Participating project schools in Baden-Württemberg
- Equipment planning of the workshops
- Development of the school model based on the training at the technical college in Baden-Württemberg and the conditions of the Singaporean vocational school system
- Development of curricula
- Training of teaching staff
- Development of a teacher training academy (ITE Academy)
- Development of quality assurance measures
- Transfer of the model to sustainable regular operation
2013/2014
Specialist advisors (mentors) in the fields of electrical engineering, general education and economics were qualified in the 2013/2014 school year:
- Four-week training course at the Seminar for Didactics and Teacher Training in Karlsruhe
- Six-week work phase with written documentation of the participants in Singapore with support via e-mail and Skype – topic: planning of lessons
- One-week training course in Singapore
- Six-week work phase with written documentation of the participants in Singapore with support via e-mail and Skype – topic: planning a didactic lesson
- One-week workshop and closing event in Singapore
January 2015
- Repetition of the training for new specialist advisors in Singapore
2021
- 30th anniversary of the partnership between ITE Singapore and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Baden-Württemberg