SkillsFuture in a Globalised and Digital Era Bruce Poh Executive Deputy Chairman, WorldSkills Singapore Council & Chief Executive Officer, ITE Education Services Singapore

Values Driven Education Evolving TVET Landscape in Tandem with Singapore’s Economic Development Student-Centric, Values Driven Education (2012 onwards) General Education Ability-Based Education (1997 – 2011) Efficiency-Driven Education (1979 – 1996) Survival-Driven Education (1959 – 1978) Innovation & Knowledge Intensive (2000s) Future Economy (2017 onwards) Technology & Capital Intensive (1980s-1990s) Economic Development Skills Intensive (1970s) Labour Intensive (1960s) Skills for Employability (1990s – 2000s) Skills for the Future (2014 onwards) Mass Skills Training (1980s) Institute of Technical Education (1992) Basic Skills Training (1960s – 70s) Vocational & Industrial Training Board (1979) Industrial Training Board (1973) TVET Technical Education Department (1968) Copyright © ITE Education Services

Slow Labour Force Growth Drivers of Change - Challenges & Opportunities in Singapore Technology Globalisation Workplace Evolution Slow Labour Force Growth Meeting Aspirations Copyright © ITE Education Services

Committee of the Future Economy (CFE) - 7 Strategies Copyright © ITE Education Services

- Build Strong Digital Capabilities CFE Strategy 4 - Build Strong Digital Capabilities SkillsFuture Committee highlighted the skills needed for the future (CFE 2) CFE released report in Feb 2017 emphasizing on international connection and globalization, skills deepening, strengthening enterprise capabilities and developing strong digital capabilities and supporting the pervasive adoption of digital technologies across all sectors of the economy Copyright © ITE Education Services

Key Thrusts of SkillsFuture Help individuals to make well- informed choices in education and training, and in their careers Develop an integrated, high quality system of education & training that responds to constantly evolving industry needs Promote employer recognition and career development based on skills and mastery Individual TVET System Workplace Copyright © ITE Education Services

Industry Transformation Map Jobs and Skills SkillsFuture Framework Industry Transformation Map (A skills and innovation-driven economy) Productivity Innovation Internationalisation Industry Manpower Plan (IMP) Build Singaporean Core Achieve Manpower- Lean Growth Facilitate Talent Attraction Enhance Skills Development to meet Future Needs Copyright © ITE Education Services

Emerging Trends in ICT - Cognitive Computing Simulation of human thought process in a computerised model Processing of new data, recognising patterns, automate system to solve problems without human interferences Analytics and Computational Modelling Data Strategy Data Visualisation Data Design Data Engineering Infrastructure Strategy Network Configuration Copyright © ITE Education Services

- Internet of Things (IoT) Emerging Trends in ICT - Internet of Things (IoT) Inter-networking of physical devices embedded with electronics, software, sensors and network connectivity which enables objects to collect and exchange data Analytics and Computational Modelling Security Architecture Embedded Systems Interface Security Administration Embedded Systems Programming Copyright © ITE Education Services

Competitiveness Rankings 2017 World Digital Competitiveness Rankings 2017 1st Singapore 2nd Sweden 3rd USA Source: IMD World Competitiveness Center Copyright © ITE Education Services

The Advent of Industry 4.0 “Rolls-Royce is going digital with its operations... Transforms its aerospace engineering and other engine-related businesses through the adoption of Internet of Things and advanced data analytics… offer value-added services such as predictive maintenance...” Lim Chuan Poh Chairman / A* Star Singapore “ASEAN business leaders need to guard against "premature deindustrialisation", where economies just on the verge of large- scale industrialisation ... are overtaken by post-industrial robotics which are so inexpensive and productive that they can even replace a workforce which is still cheap by developed-world standards, but already expensive and inefficient by robot standards” Ho Kwon Ping Executive Chairman / Banyan Tree Holdings Copyright © ITE Education Services

Early Exposure to Technology “ Learning computational thinking is a valuable and vital life skills that enables our pre-school children to be effective problem-solvers in the 21st century digital economy.” Jonathan Chan Jules Founder “Applied Learning Programme in Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) has allowed students to apply their classroom knowledge and fuel their passion for robotics” Ng Chee Meng Education Minister (Schools) “ Algorithmic thinking means to do things step by step. Decomposition means to break something into smaller part” Chloe Oh 6-year old Pre-Schooler Copyright © ITE Education Services

Job Opportunities in ICT Sector Survey by Media Development Authority of Singapore in 2015 estimated that 53,000 new jobs will be created by 2018… in areas such as data analytics, software engineering, cyber security, digital marketing, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and the Internet of Thing (IoT) Copyright © ITE Education Services

“ Technology and innovation should not be allowed to divide the workforce, but should be used to create better jobs and working conditions for people” Lim Swee Say Minister for Manpower Copyright © ITE Education Services

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