Fact Sheet

ignITE Skills Challenge 2024

21 May 2024

The ignITE Skills Challenge (ignITE) is an annual national-level skills competition organised by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), with support from the Ministry of Education.

ignITE Skills Challenge 2024

Now into its eighth year, ignITE is the only national skills competition for Normal stream students in Singapore. The competition was created to excite them and highlight the value of skills. Challenges are designed to be fun and engaging to make learning enjoyable and memorable.

This year’s competition features 15 skill challenges. This includes seven new challenges. Details of the challenges can be found below. Prior to the Finals, participants attended a training workshop in March, and went through a preliminary round in April, to equip them with the necessary skills.

Finals
Shortlisted finalists will compete for the top spots on 21 May 2024. The programme of the finals can be found in Annex B. The top three teams of each challenge will win trophies and medals. A Champion Trophy will be awarded to the school that wins the most number of medals.

Mr Darryl David, Deputy Chairperson of the Education Government Parliamentary Committee, will be presenting the awards to the winners at the Finals.

Table 1: Details on the participation figures

Activity / Stage	2021	2022	2023	2024
Workshops	1,506 students	1,512 students	1,517 students	1,626 students
	63 schools	69 schools	66 schools	68 schools
Finals	405 students	429 students	446 students	450 students
	50 schools	51 schools	54 schools	46 schools

For more information, please visit: www.ite.edu.sg/ignite-skills-challenge.

Skill Challenges

Table 2: Challenge title and description

S/N	Challenge Title	Challenge Description
1	AirITE Adventure Awaits!^NEW	Students carry out crucial in-flight tasks on an aircraft while maintaining a polished appearance.
2	Aroma Fantasy^NEW	Students put together a visual merchandising display to market the aromatherapy soaps they designed and created.
3	Building Bridges^NEW	Using designated materials, students design and construct bridges to withstand specific loads and spans.
4	Carbon Sequestration with Vertical Green Wall Challenge^NEW	Students plan and construct a vertical garden within a stipulated time.
5	Crisis Management Radio Communication	Students will manage busy and efficient rapid transit operations using proper radio procedures
6	Digital Making using Micro:bit	Students will use Micro:bit and programming codes to build and control an electronic project based on a given theme. This year’s theme is Eco Warriors
7	Eggcellent Eggdiction	Students will prepare a plate of Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise sauce, showcasing their creativity by the use of their own ingredients and flavours.
8	Filtraxxion	Students creatively explore filtration science through hands-on activities, building filters and using natural materials as filter media to treat waste water.
9	I Light ITE^NEW	Students create a projection mapping visual effects show using recyclable materials.
10	Logistics Challenge	Students will use logistics technology to perform various order fulfilment operations in the shortest time.
11	My Sustainabot!	Students will design and build a robot from recycled materials and make it come alive using Augmented Reality and 3D Technology
12	My West-side Story^NEW	Students design an immersive website using Generative AI and ChatGPT.
13	Smart EV Mobile Robot Challenge	Students will program and control robots to navigate paths and obstacles in the shortest possible time.
14	The Influencer Showdown^NEW	Students pick a product to market the way an influencer would – through content creation and sharing on social media platforms. They will need to keep their wits while ‘selling’ their product via onsite livestream.
15	X-Bots	Students will assemble various components of a robot, including motors, sensors and controllers, before applying fun coding to control its movements and navigate it to complete challenges and missions in an elimination tournament.