50 years of technical education in Singapore
Subtitle: how to build a world class education system from scratch
By: N Varaprasad
Series: World scientific series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789814699594; 9789814704335
Subjects: Technical education; Vocational education; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The colonial legacy; title: The adrenalin of independence; title: Vocational training takes off; title: The role of the EDB in technical education; title: Polytechnics come of age; title: The transformation of TVET; title: The labour movement and worker upgrading; title: Connecting TVET and higher education; title: Preparing for a skills-based future; title: Key lessons for policy-makers.