Vocational & Industrial Training Board Annual Report 89/90
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 357 171 CE 063 341 TITLE Vocational & Industrial Training Board Annual Report 89/90. INSTITUTION Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, VA. Office of Adult and Community Education. PUB DATE 90 NOTE 74p. PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Apprenticeships; Continuing Education; Curriculum Development; Educational Certificates; *Educational Development; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; *Job Training; Labor Force Development; *Marketing; Material Development; Postsecondary Education; Public Relations; *Strategic Planning; Student Certification; *Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS *Singapore ABSTRACT During fiscal year (FY) 1989, the Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) in Singapore offered full-time training at seven levels for secondary school leavers. Theboard's intake of 9,333 participants was 8% below the FY 1988 intake, a fact that was attributed to fewer primary school leavers. Theintroduction of the Revised Vocational Training System and strengthening of counseling services in the training institutes helped to sustain a high trainee progression rate and reduced the attrition rate. Continuing education and training included the following: industrial skills, customized, and continuing education courses; BasicEducation for Skills Training and Worker Improvement through Secondary Education programs, and industry-based training. An increased number of candidates sat for tests and examinations conducted by VITB.New strategic developments were as follows: implementation of a perception study on vocational education, establishment of R Task Force on Apprenticeship to examine its expansion, and progressin the VITB Strategic Plan, including inservice education, textbook development, and initiation of a project on computerization ofthe institutes. The first certification scheme for a service occupation--that of retail sales assistant--was launched, VITB continued to promote vocational training to potential students through school visits and briefing of all final-yearInstitute of Education trainees. A 17-page statement of accounts is included as well as lists of course offered by VITB, VITB TrainingInstitutes and Centers, organizations with VITB-approved training centers,and public trade texts available. Numerous color photographsillustrate the text. (YLB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U S. 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SINGAPORE THE BOARD The Vocational and Industrir:, Training Board The Board was formed by the amalgamation of (VITB) is constituted under the Vocational and the former Adult Education Board (AEB), which Industrial Training Board Act (Cap 345), which came into being on 22 April 1960, and the was brought into force on 1 April 1979. former Industrial Training Board (ITB), which was established on 1 April 1973. , - Dr Tay Eng Soon Mr Lee Keh Sai 4 ti Mr Robert Chua Mr Wayne C CuringtonMr G H Darwin Mr Horst G Dunsche Teck Chew t Mr Koh Juan Kiat Mr Toshihiko Kuniyoshi Dr Law Song Seng LTC Kang Beng Ho I Mr Tony Tan Mr Lim Chin Siew Mr Lin Cheng Ton Mr Ng Kok Lip Ken Joo Mr John Yip Dr Whang Sun Tze Mr Wong Lin Hong Mr Yang Ban Seng Mr Cyriiie Tan Soo Len9 Soon Kwong 2 Composition of the Board Mr Toshihiko Kuniyoshi The members who served on the Board during Managing Director the period 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 were: NEC Electronics Singapore Fie Ltd (From 1 December 1989) Chairman Dr Tay Eng Soon Dr Law Song Seng Senior Minister of State for Education and Director and Chief Executive Officer Minister-in-charge of Vocational and Industrial Training Board the Vocational and Industrial Training Board Mr Lim Chin Siew Deputy Chairman Assistant Director Mr Lee Keh Sai Research Unit Principal Electrical Engineer National Trades Union Congress K S Lee & Associates Mr Lin Cheng Ton Members Director Mr Robert Chua Teck Chew Manpower Development Division President Economic Development Board Singapore Manufacturers Association and Managing Director Mr Ng Kok Lip ACE Daikin (S) Pte Ltd Managing Director National Kap Ltd Mr Wayne Clyde Curington (From 1 December 1989) General Manager Cameron Iron Works (Singapore) Pte Ltd Mr Tony Tan Keng Joo (From 1 December 1989) Chief Architect Building & Development Division Mr Gerald Harry Darwin Housing & Development Board Corporate Operations Manager Fraser & Neave Group Mr Cyril le Tan Soo Leng President Mr Horst Georg Dunsche United Workers of Electronic & Electrical General Manager Industries Siemens Pte Ltd Dr Whang Sun Tze LTC Kang Beng Ho Managing Director Deputy Head Metal Containers and Lam Soon Group Air Logistics Republic of Singapore Airforce Mr Wong Lin Hong Managing Director Mr Takayoshi Katsuyama Micropolis Limited Chairman MELCO Sales (S) Pte Ltd and Mr Yang Ban Seng Mitsubishi Electric Singapore Secretary for Skills Development (Up to 7 July 1989) National Trades Union Congress Mr Koh Juan Kiat Mr John Yip Soon Kwong Executive Director Director of Education National Productivity Board Ministry of Education 3 The Directorate Divisional Director/Administration -Mr Victor Seah Quee Soon Members of the Directorate as at 31 March 1990 were: Divisional Director/Computer Services Mr Chan Soon Weng Director and Chief Executive Officer - Or Law Song Seng Divisional Director/Continuing Education and Training Deputy Director/Administration Mr Tan Hong Choon - Mr Goh Sik Ngee Divisional Director/Curriculum Development Deputy Director/Professional Development - Mr Ng Ah Seng - Mr Young Pak Nang Deputy Director/Training Divisional Director/Human Resources - Mr Sam Sui Chee Mr Tan Seng Hua An aoorentice at me Precision Optics Training Centre 4 Divisional Director/Instructional Media Official Address and - Mr Wong Nyip Toong Telecommunication Access Numbers: Vocational and Industrial liaining Board Divisional Director/Instructor Training PSA Building - Mr Young Pak Nang 460 Alexandra Road #28-00 Divisional Director/Planning and Singapore 0511 Development Tel : 7757800 - Mr Ho Yoke Sie Telefax : 2731372 Telebox : GVT 480 Divisional Director/Research and Testing Telex : RS 50195 VITB - Mrs Anna Hee Divisional Director/ Training - Mr Tham Kin Foon NTC2 Tool 8 Die Making vainees checking the heat otociuctOf iniectionmould 5 CONTENTS An ITC Electro-Mechanical Engineering trainee NTC-2 Electronics Servicing (Video Equipment) trainees diagnosing faults on a robot-based equipment. using test instruments to correct faults. REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN 8-11 Computerisation TRAINING OPERATIONS 12-26 Human Resource Management and Full-Time Training Development Intake Progression and Attrition SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 34-36 Enrolment Promotion and External Relations Output Productivity Movement in VITB Expenditure Continuing Education and Training Industrial Skills Courses STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 38-53 Customised Courses Continuing Education Courses Business Studies Courses ANNEXES 54-72 BEST WISE TABLES AND CHARTS Industry-Based Training Table 1 Institutional Training Training of Industry Trainers Performance Indicators 12 Table 2 Categories of School Leavers Tests and Examinations Admitted in FY 89 14 Table 3 Attrition by Level of Course 15 DEVELOPMENT 28-33 Table 4 CET Programmes Total Intake 18 New Strategic Developments Table 5 BEST Intake 22 Perception Study on Vocational Training Table 6 WISE Intake 23 Apprenticeship System Table 7 Participation in Industry Training Institute Advisory Committees Trainer Programmes 24 New Intake Strategies Table 8 Candidature by Level of Test 26 VITB Strategic Plan Chart A Full-Time Intake by Level of Certification Course 13 Certification of Service Skills Chart B Average Enrolment by Level NTC-1 Training of Course 16 Tests and Examinations System Chart C Output by Level of Course 17 Chart D Industrial Skills Courses Intake 19 Curriculum and Instructional Media Chart E CET Courses Intake 20 Development Chart F Apprenticeship Programme 23 Physical Resource Development Chart G Tests and Examinations 25 Physical Development Candidature 6 IN 40, ores. 1A The NTC-3 Ma,;re P Z1^Q course ,s concluctea aZre Jurong Voca:.ona, InsZ.Z.,Ze 7 9 REPORT OF THECHAIRMAN Perception Study on Vocational Training VITB has been getting mixed signals from the public about its image. While employers generally have high regard for the skilled workers trained by VITB, some parents had objected to their children attending vocational training. In order to adequately address the 'image' problem, the Board commissioned an external consultant in October 1989 to undertake a percepticin study on vocational training. The study analysed the perception that different population groups have on vocational training ) offered by VITB, its educational value, its courses, its facilities and its trainees. The study also probed into the reasons why some school leavers did not join VITB training or left VITB Dr Tay Eng Soon courses prematurely.