ECG Termly Newsletter Term 4 Y2019

Education ECG Termly Newsletter PARENT TEACHERS 10-October-2019 & CareerASSOCIATION 20XX WorldSkills ASEAN Guidance Singapore 2020 Staying relevant in For the first time, Singapore will be hosting the Industry 4.0 13th WorldSkills ASEAN Competition in July 2020 at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition In the SkillsFuture Festival@NUS Symposium Centre. The competition will see close to 300 Keynote Address, Prof Ho Teck Hua noticed that top youth talents from the 10 ASEAN member many people were afraid and uncertain about countries competing in 22 skills areas. Apart Industry 4.0, arising from the fear of humans from the skills competition, WorldSkills ASEAN getting replaced by machines. Backed with Singapore 2020 will also feature interactive statistics, research and personal experience, activities to promote skills and promising skills- Prof Ho debunked some of these misperceptions related careers. of Industry 4.0. Find out more … Minister Chee reiterated the importance of http://bit.ly/worldskills2020 lifelong learning to stay relevant and competitive. He also highlighted and clarified a common misunderstanding of what Industry 4.0 means for workers. “Industry 4.0 is not about replacing existing workers with machines or new workers. An essential component is the training of existing workers to equip them with the skills to use the new technologies”. Read more … http://bit.ly/EmbraceIndustry40 Examination Results Release Dates GCE NA/NT-Level: Tentatively between 19 Dec and 23 Dec 2019 GCE O-Level: Tentatively between 13 Jan and 15 Jan 2020

Education Landscape Two Golds for Singapore From ITE to NUS Medicine and NYP in WorldSkills Nicholas Chan, 23, is the first Institute of NYP competitors proved their mettle on the Technical Education (ITE) graduate to make it world’s stage, by winning two gold medals for to the National University of Singapore's Yong Singapore at the 45th WorldSkills Competition Loo Lin School of Medicine, which this year had (WSC) held in Kazan, Russia from 22 to 27 about 280 places for some 2,000 applicants. August 2019 . The WSC is a prestigious biennial global skills competition which is dubbed as the Far from being a straight-A student, he had quit “Youth Olympics of Skills.” secondary school, taken the O levels as a The gold medals were won by Tan Ying Ying for private candidate, then trained as a nursing 3D Digital Game Art and Regina Chia Yi Yun for student in ITE, and then Nanyang Polytechnic Health and Social Care. Ying Ying and Regina are (NYP). from NYP’s Digital Game Art & Design and \"The moment I entered ITE, I told myself this Nursing courses respectively. Ying Ying also won was my last chance to redeem myself.\" He did the Best of Nation award, which is presented to well in ITE with a grade point average of 3.65, the highest scorer of each country. qualifying for NYP's nursing course. He Read more … http://bit.ly/nypwsc2019 graduated last year in May with a near-perfect GPA of 3.91 out of 4. Be inspired … http://bit.ly/ite2nus “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” ~ Paulo Coelho Telegram: Email: https://t.me/ECGC_Mr_Tan [email protected]

Industry & Career Watch Infocomm Technology (ICT) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is a key enabler for every industry, contributing to Singapore’s economic and social growth. It has greatly enhanced Singapore’s competitiveness by raising productivity and transforming business processes in industries like finance, business services and manufacturing. New job roles, such as Chief Digital Officer, Data Scientist, and Cyber Risk Analyst, are created alongside new digital opportunities brought forth by technology advancement. Explore further … http://bit.ly/industry_ict Do you want to be a Data Scientist? The Data Scientist analyses data through application of scientific methods and data-discovery tools. He/She integrates and prepares large and varied datasets, and models complex business problems. He/She discovers business insights and identifies opportunities through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualisation techniques. He/She possesses a combination of analytic, machine learning, data mining and statistical skills as well as experience with algorithms and coding. He has a deep passion for analysing and resolving complex business problems. Explore further … http://bit.ly/want2badatascientist Telegram: Email: https://t.me/ECGC_Mr_Tan [email protected]

Featured Video Failure is the Beginning of Success Retained at Sec 3 and failing her O-Levels, Faye was demoralised and didn’t know what to do. Taking the advice from her English teacher, she enrolled in ITE’s Early Childhood Education. From not knowing what lies ahead, Faye eventually transformed into a confident person and graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a Diploma in Early Childhood Education. Faye shares her learning journey at http://bit.ly/beginningofsuccess “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Telegram: Email: https://t.me/ECGC_Mr_Tan [email protected]