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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SINGAPORE 1965 - 2005. “We are not what we hope to be But we are not what we used to be” John Newton. 1 st Industrialization and Educational Reforms. 1st Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform.
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SINGAPORE 1965 - 2005 David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
“We are not what we hope to be But we are not what we used to be” John Newton David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
1st Industrialization and Educational Reforms David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
1st Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
1st Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Challenges • Economic Strategy- Economic Development Board (EDB)- Employment Act David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
1st Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Educational Reform • Strategy 1:Centralization of Primary and Secondary Education • Strategy 2:Growth of Technical Education David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
1st Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Strategy 3:EDB Training Centres • Strategy 4:Company-based Training Centres David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
1st Industrialization Phase & Reform: Achievements • Economic Achievements- Average growth 10%- Manufacturing 24% share of GDP- Unemployment rate 3.6% David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
1st Industrialization Phase & Reform: Achievements • Educational Achievements- Student enrolment- Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) 61% - 83%- General Certificate of Education (GCE ‘O’) 53% - 69% David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
2nd Industrialization and Educational Reforms David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
2nd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
2nd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Challenges • Economic Strategy- Wage Correction Policy- Higher Value Technological Industries David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
2nd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Educational Reform • Strategy 1:Standardizing School Work Procedures and Processes • Strategy 2:Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
2nd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Strategy 3:Certification through part-time training in Technical Education • Strategy 4:Foreign Company Participation in Institutes of Technology David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
2nd Industrialization Phase & Reform:Achievements • Economic Achievements- Average growth 7.3%- Nominal value-added $18,400 in 1979 to $27,000 in 1985 - Skilled manpower 11 % in 1979 to 22 % in 1985 David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
2nd Industrialization Phase & Reform: Achievements • Educational Achievements- PSLE from 83% - 88%- GCE ‘O’ from 69% - 88%- VITB certified 9% of existing workforce David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
3rd Industrialization and Educational Reforms David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
3rd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
3rd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Challenges • Economic Strategy- Developing Industries Cluster Niche Areas- Twin Pillars of Economic Growth: Services and Manufacturing David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
3rd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Educational Reform • Strategy 1: School Leadership Training and Development • Strategy 2: Excellence in Education through Quality Schools David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
3rd Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Strategy 3: Setting up of Institutes of Technical Education • Strategy 4: Total Training Concept of ITE David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
3rd Industrialization Phase & Reform:Achievements • Economic Achievements- Average growth 8.6%- Financial & business services in total GDP from 21 % in 1986 to 26 % in 1997 David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
3rd Industrialization Phase & Reform:Achievements • Educational Achievements- Enrolment of ITE students grew 84%- GCE 5 ‘O’ Level from 70% (1991) – 82.7% (2004) - Research scientists & engineers – 3,361 in 1987 to 11,302 in 1997 David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Industrialization and Educational Reforms David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Challenges • Economic Strategy- Multilateral, Regional, Bilateral, FTAs - Flexible Wage System; Low Taxes & Central Provident Fund David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
Singapore’s economic growth slower and more volatile… David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
China pulling lion’s share of FDI in Asia David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
Develop Human Capital • Flexible and diverse education system • New Buzzwords: • creativity, innovation, intellectual curiosity and risk taking, entrepreneurial, broad-based education, passion, R&D, global mindset, rootedness, continual learning David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Educational Reform • Strategy 1: School Excellence Model • Strategy 2: Singapore Quality Class (SQC) Award David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
SEM David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Strategic Industrialization & Educational Reform • Strategy 3: ITE Breakthrough Plan David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Industrialization Phase & Reform: Achievements • Economic Achievements- Average growth 4%- Strong growth in per capita GNI US$24,560 (2004) David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Industrialization Phase & Reform:Achievements • Educational Achievements- Enrolment of ITE students surpassing the 25% annual school cohort- Continuing Education Training Programmes: trained 58,989 adult learners - industry training partners trained 131,401 people David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Industrialization Phase & Reform:Achievements • Educational Achievements- TIMMS: 1st in Mathematics and Science (1995, 1999,2003) David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
4th Industrialization Phase & Reform:Achievements • International Olympiads (2003): Biology: 1 gold; 3 silver and 5th team placing out of 41 countries Chemistry: 1 gold; 2 silver; 1 bronze and 10th team placing out of 59 countries Mathematics: 2 bronze; 3 honourable mentions and 36th team placing out of 82 countries David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore
Life begins at 40 Thank You David Ng National Institute of Education Singapore