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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Kor Kian Beng
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Minister Gan Kim Yong visiting an adult learning centre on August 20. Two new campuses for adult training and learning will provide 150,000 training places yearly. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><DIV class=story_text>IN FOUR years, working adults can go to one of two campuses and pick from a long list of courses to train for jobs in similar industries. For instance, a waiter keen on a job in tourism need not criss-cross the island to find the right training to be say, a hotel concierge or a croupier.
Training for such jobs in the hospitality sector will come under one roof when two national campuses for adult training and learning are ready in 2013.
Clustering training along such sector themes will make it easier and more efficient for workers and employers to get what they want at one place, unlike the present situation, where adult training is scattered at 48 individual Continuing Education and Training (CET) centres across Singapore.
The set-up of these two national institutions was outlined by Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong to reporters on Thursday after he visited the Institute of Adult Learning, a CET centre.
He was elaborating on an announcement by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday when he underlined the importance for workers to re-skill as the economy transforms. Mr Gan spelt out the benefits for workers, employers and trainers arising from the integrated services to be provided by the two campuses.
For workers, they will provide the latest on job and training opportunities, and offer career consultants who can give advice. Workers can also find out about all the CET courses, including those of polytechnics and ITEs. Employers can work out customised training with the campuses and recruit workers.
Training providers can learn from one another. The campuses will also be involved in the professional development of adult educators.
In all, the two campuses will provide 150,000 training places yearly. Like the 48 centres, these campuses are part of the CET masterplan introduced last year to prepare Singapore workers for changing demands in the labour market.
Both campuses will be next to an MRT station, with one in the eastern part of the island, and the other in the west. The East campus will be in Paya Lebar Central, next to the Singapore Post Centre. The West campus will be in Jurong Lake District, next to the IMM shopping mall.
Mr Gan said the campuses will not replace the 48 centres 'because they cater to different demands'. But he added: 'There is room for us to bring some of them together within the campus to provide integrated CET training within the related fields.'
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times
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Minister Gan Kim Yong visiting an adult learning centre on August 20. Two new campuses for adult training and learning will provide 150,000 training places yearly. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI
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Training for such jobs in the hospitality sector will come under one roof when two national campuses for adult training and learning are ready in 2013.
Clustering training along such sector themes will make it easier and more efficient for workers and employers to get what they want at one place, unlike the present situation, where adult training is scattered at 48 individual Continuing Education and Training (CET) centres across Singapore.
The set-up of these two national institutions was outlined by Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong to reporters on Thursday after he visited the Institute of Adult Learning, a CET centre.
He was elaborating on an announcement by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday when he underlined the importance for workers to re-skill as the economy transforms. Mr Gan spelt out the benefits for workers, employers and trainers arising from the integrated services to be provided by the two campuses.
For workers, they will provide the latest on job and training opportunities, and offer career consultants who can give advice. Workers can also find out about all the CET courses, including those of polytechnics and ITEs. Employers can work out customised training with the campuses and recruit workers.
Training providers can learn from one another. The campuses will also be involved in the professional development of adult educators.
In all, the two campuses will provide 150,000 training places yearly. Like the 48 centres, these campuses are part of the CET masterplan introduced last year to prepare Singapore workers for changing demands in the labour market.
Both campuses will be next to an MRT station, with one in the eastern part of the island, and the other in the west. The East campus will be in Paya Lebar Central, next to the Singapore Post Centre. The West campus will be in Jurong Lake District, next to the IMM shopping mall.
Mr Gan said the campuses will not replace the 48 centres 'because they cater to different demands'. But he added: 'There is room for us to bring some of them together within the campus to provide integrated CET training within the related fields.'
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times
[email protected]
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