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English a Must for Guest Workers 60 cents | http://www.ntucthisweek.org.sg60 cents | |MICA MICA (P) (P) 035/10/2009 295/10/2007 4 DECEMBER 2009 A Breakthrough In PMETs Breakthrough LM Launches Professional Chapter For Early Childhood Educators To Capture Sector’s Phenomenal Increase In Workforce Numbers ou could call the early childhood education sector the new poster child for PMETs (Professionals, Managers, Executives, and YTechnical People) breakthrough. As Singapore strives to up its fertility rate, the sector will see a boost of 200 childcare centres in the next four years which will welcome a whopping 2,400 early childhood professionals into the fold, taking the total to over 11,300. Besides wanting to tap on the phenomenal growth of workforce numbers, the Labour Movement also (Top from left) ESU Executive Secretary Zainudin Nordin, NTUC’s SEED Institute Director Chan Tee Seng, ESU President Michael Tan, NTUC ASG Ong Ye Kung celebrate a new chapter with early childhood educators and ESU members. considered the sector’s youthful energy when it launched the professional chapter for early programmes that are skills-based, practical, and help them childhood educators on 2 December 2009, the fi rst of its do their job better. It may, in fact, be pitched at Certifi cate or series to extend PMETs outreach. Advance Certifi cate level. Said NTUC Assistant Secretary-General Ong Ye Kung: “Third, help workers meet new industry requirements. “We chose this sector as the pilot because the parties The government has stipulated that with effect from January involved worked the fastest, have more ideas, and it is a 2013, at least 75 per cent of all preschool teachers in a growing and changing sector.” particular centre must obtain a GCE ‘O’ Level credit in Supported by NTUC, NTUC’s SEED Institute and English Language, and possess a Diploma in Pre-school NTUC’s e2i (Employment and Employability Institute), Teaching.” the ECE Professional Chapter will be spearheaded by The third initiative was, by far, the most well-received the Education Services Union to provide a holistic suite by the nearly 300 early childhood educators in attendance of services to greatly enrich the lives of early childhood who applauded with great aplomb the news that the ECE educators, with professional development taking the Professional Chapter will “reach out to those without DPE-T By and help them enrol into the programme.” Nicolette Yeo frontline. ASG Ong elaborated: “First, we will try to bring more And instead of going with the impracticality of getting PMETs into the sector. Companies under current early childhood educators to re-take their GCE ‘O’ ESU will offer the vacancies, SEED Institute Level English examinations, e2i and ESU will introduce a will provide the professional training, and e2i programme to put them through a Computer Adaptive Test Pg 8 will do the outreach to PMETs, and play the for English profi ciency, a standard widely recognised by the role of the matchmaker, pulling candidates, industry. vacancies and training provider together. ASG Ong assured that more help will be rendered to English A Through this approach, NTUC has helped those who still have problems making the mark. bring in 350 early childhood educators into “We will put them through the relevant Employability Must For the sector this year. Skills System programme to upgrade their English “Second, upgrade the expertise of profi ciency level. We hope that by the middle of next year, Guest current early childhood educators. We need the Government will adopt ESS as an alternative to meeting to deepen their capabilities and the idea is the GCE ‘O’ Level English requirement. This will open up Workers not to move them to Masters or Doctorate a more accessible and practical avenue for existing early degrees but to support them to undergo childhood educators to upgrade their English profi ciency.” NNTUCtw041209ed.inddTUCtw041209ed.indd 1 112/4/092/4/09 55:59:26:59:26 PPMM 2 commentary membershipbreakthrough • workingfor 3 ESU Positions 4 Senior Mark of Solidarity Four senior management Our management leaders’ leaders joined HDBSU to signing up was a gesture of show their support at its Management Membership Awareness solidarity to show support for the Preschool For Day. (From left) Mr Randy Lim, Director (Corporate union. By signing up as a union Development); Mr Tan Kim “ Chwee Director (Housing member, we are sending a very Staff Join Administration); NTUC strong signal to all the rest of the Deputy Secretary-General, Madam Halimah Yacob; staff that we have forged a very People With esides providing care and Madam Audrey Leong, teaching the young, Early Director (Finance); Mr Sng strong relationship between the Cheng Keh, Deputy Chief union and management. We value Childhood Professionals HDBSU Executive Offi cer (Building) infl uence and shape children’s and HDBSU General the importance of strong Labour Secretary, Mr Richard Tan. Passion development through their Management Relations and will Bprovision of quality early childhood education. By continue to build up the rapport.” Thus, it is of utmost importance that the Naseema Banu process of recovery from the crisis. They fear that Director (Finance) – signed up as union members By Randy Lim, Director (Corporate Early Childhood Education Sector is able Maideen they will have no voice or role in this process of that day. Zainudin Nordin Development) Executive Secretary, ESU, and NTUC Director to attract highly motivated professionals rebuilding or remaking of the new world order. Said HDBSU General Secretary Richard Tan: (No Collar, Care and Share) with the passion to nurture our young. To ingapore has just walked through And many of them look at Singapore’s close “We are very glad that our management partners succeed, the industry will need to position one of the world’s worst recessions. cooperation and strong Labour Management are willing to show support for us and we hope Togetherness Is Strength And the hard knocks from this blow Relations with envy,” she said. this will be a form of encouragement for more itself as a choice industry for jobseekers – one with Early We want to show the NTUC Media Co-operative Limited Childhood Professionals who are skilled, respected and fairly has had her celebrating strengthened DSG Halimah highlighted that even countries PMETs (Professionals, Managers, Engineers and Chairman support for the union Noel Hon Chia Chun compensated. ties between unions, employers and like Sweden and Ireland which had built good Technical People) to join us.” [email protected] Government, much to the envy of other countries and do not want to be standing Chief Executive Offi cer ESU has come together with Singapore Workforce S LMR through the years were unable to maintain The union has a total of 3,386 members. Seng Han Thong [email protected] Development Agency, the Ministry for Community which have witnessed their own models hitting their relationships. Twenty per cent of the PMETs in HDB have joined away from them. The union and Managing Director “ rock bottom. Shona Tan-James Development, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Education “We have handled our downturn very well. the union as General Branch members and management have been working [email protected] Chief Operating Offi cer and major preschool organisations such as ESU, SEED Housing and Development Board Staff Union’s We were one of the worst affected in the region HDBSU has set a target to recruit another 30 per very closely together through all Alvin Wong Pek Kin Membership Awareness Day on 26 November [email protected] Institute, Association of Pre-school Organisations and and we are one of the fastest to recover. We cent of them by 2011. HDBSU’s Ordinary Branch challenging and diffi cult times. The NTUC This Week Team Association of Early Childhood Educators to form a Marketing 2009 was one such celebration, said NTUC have a lot to thank for. In that light, the good membership of rank-and-fi le employees stands Managing Editor This moment of signing up as Shirley Tan-Oehler and Publicity Workgroup to work together and leverage on one Deputy Secretary-General Halimah Yacob. partnership between HDB and HDBSU is one at 80 per cent now and it hopes to up this by [email protected] members shows how well we work Correspondent another’s efforts to advance the sector to the next level. DSG Halimah, who is also HDBSU’s that should be lauded.” another 5 per cent by 2011. Marcus Lin together. We should continue [email protected] One such effort is working committee headed by ESU Advisor, shared that the Singapore story - of HDBSU held Membership Awareness Day for “Over these two years, we have been creating Senior Journalist our concerted efforts. We should Nicolette Yeo to gather and facilitate/promote good employment practices how employers, labour and government worked the second time this year with the strong support more awareness through our Membership [email protected] Journalists in areas such as hiring, fair employment terms and work-life together to upturn the downurn - was cited of management leaders. Awareness Day, regular recruitment booths and not take these good relations for Naseema Banu Maideen [email protected] balance. The working committee comprises representatives at a recent International Labour Organization Four senior management staff – Mr Randy membership talks. We are also very blessed that granted and should continue to Vanessa Teo [email protected] from childcare and kindergarten operators and WDA. The Governing Body meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Lim, Director (Corporate Development); Mr Sng we have built cordial and harmonious LMR in strengthen this partnership.” Contributor Muneerah Bee Mohamed Iqbal end result will be documented in a handbook for all preschool in November 2009.
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