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Student Seminar 2005: by Rosemary Pang
GO global but stay local. It may be a simple call, but for many ITE students who attended the ITE Student Seminar 2005, it was an important one. Fellow student presenters underscored its importance, as they talked about the need to embrace globalisation, tap on overseas opportunities, redefine success, and stay rooted to Singapore.
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Student presenter, Terrence Quah, from the group, Synergy, of ITE College Central (Bishan Campus), shared that Singapore has to inculcate in the younger generation, an enterprising spirit, with a resilient attitude and global mindset to gear up for the global market place. A similar finding by the group, The Koolz, from ITE College East, reinforced the need to accept globalisation. Through three entertaining skits, the group honed in on the need to accept and celebrate individual differences in a global multi-cultural society and suggested ways to make Singapore a ‘cool’ and ‘wow’ entertainment place. In an interesting cross-talk style, S. Saravan of ITE College West (Balestier Campus) and Charandeep Singh of ITE College West (Dover Campus) re-defined the term ‘success’. Said Charandeep: “Success is when one is able to transform his weaknesses into strengths and attain self-fulfillment.” The duo highlighted two ITE success stories – soccer star Fandi Ahmad and fashion-designer Esther Tay – who have become successful in their own careers. Combining artistic flair and eloquence, the group from Central Fusion, ITE College Central (Tampines Campus) brought the audience back in time, to the founding of Singapore, the Japanese invasion and Singapore’s independence. The group emphasised the importance of ‘preserving old memories of Singapore, as well as exploring the present to discover their dreams and aspirations for the future’. In his closing remarks, Mr Ashok Kumar told the student participants: “It was important to recognise that Singapore is part of the region. As such, many ITE graduates will be working overseas and it is important that you continue to anchor yourself in Singapore”. He also encouraged ITE to forge close links with similar Malaysian technical education institutions.
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The
student presenters were among some 300 students from three ITE Colleges
who participated in the biennial ITE Student Seminar, held from 22 - 25
August 2005. Themed ‘The World Our Future, Singapore Our Home’,
the event was jointly organised with the National Youth Council. Into
its fifth run, the Seminar was officially opened on 22 August at ITE College
East by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth
and Sports. Part of the seminar was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from
23 to 25 August, to enable students to better appreciate the social, economic
and cultural climate of another country.
“Go
Global but Anchor Yourself to Singapore…”