ON TARGET: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW REGIONAL CAMPUSES

Brand New Campus: Artist’s impression of the New ITE College West at Choa Chu Kang.

Under the One ITE System, Three Colleges Governance and Education Model, the planning and development of ITE College West and ITE College Central, targeted for completion by 2010 and 2012, respectively, made good progress.

The landmark design for the new ITE College West at Choa Chu Kang, envisioned as a “College of Excellence for Service Quality”, was unveiled by then-Minister of State for Education and Manpower, Mr Gan Kim Yong, on 18 February 2008. Gammon Capital Consortium was officially appointed as the Preferred Bidder for the project. With an Events Plaza, Convention Centre, Restaurants, Sky Walkway, Courtyards, Sports Village and functional buildings with first-of-its-kind Foliage Rooftops, the new College will not only create a strong presence in the western part of Singapore, but will simulate the environment in support of training for the service and hospitality industry. When ready, the College will have the capacity for 7,200 full-time students and 8,000 adult learners taking part-time courses.

A Planning Committee was formed in August 2007 to formulate a development blueprint that outlined the vision, education philosophy, niche areas, concept and structure of the new ITE College Central at Ang Mo Kio. The new building will house state-of-the-art features that allow the College to specialise in design and integrated engineering services programmes.

When the two mega-campuses are ready, they will, together with ITE College East, which opened in 2005, create a new chapter for technical education in Singapore.