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A delegation from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Baden-Württemberg (KM), Germany, ITE’s long-standing MOU partner, met the inaugural batch of 50 proud ITE graduates on 31 March 2008 to launch the Technical Engineer Diploma (TED) in Machine Technology course – ITE’s very first niche Diploma programme in collaboration with the German Ministry.
Mr Klaus Lorenz, Head of the Vocational
Education Department at KM and leader of the four-member delegation, hailed the export of the TED to ITE as a breakthrough and hallmark of the excellent collaboration between the two partners. ITE and KM have a history of almost 18 years of successful collaboration.
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75 educationists from Indonesia’s Vocational High Schools visited ITE Headquarters and ITE College West on 1 April 2008 to study benchmarking practices in education. Part of the SMK Bertaraf International (SBI), which runs international programmes for participants, the delegation was also interested in studying ITE’s On-the-Job
Training concept.
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A senior team from Commerce Queensland, Australia, visited ITE College East on 9 April 2008 to learn the ITE model on vocational education and training for school leavers and working adults. Commerce Queensland, which is part of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was in Singapore to study how Australian youths and adult workers could be prepared to deal with the challenges of the global economy.
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Mr Sachin Rao, General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee, India, led a three-member delegation to ITE College East on 10 April 2008 to study how ITE developed courses to meet student and industry needs. The delegation also explored how ITE provided holistic development for students through a “Hands-on, Minds-on, Hearts-on” approach.
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Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA), one of 10 nationally-funded and
authorised Industry Skills Councils in Australia, visited ITE College East on 22 April 2008 to study how ITE incorporates innovation in its training programmes.
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