Education Minister Chan Chun Sing and Accenture Singapore country managing director Mark Tham at a dialogue session on May 6.
There needs to be a “tight nexus” between industry and academia, who can work together to “produce the workers of tomorrow ahead of time”, Mr Chan said on May 6. In 2023, Ngee Ann Polytechnic announced that as part of its new Industry-in-Curriculum framework, all full-time diploma programmes will have industry partners involved in developing and delivering at least a third of the curriculum to better align learning with industry demands.
He noted that pedagogical techniques used for children in a school setting are different from those for adults, who are of different ages and work in different industries.