Singapore Crafts Vocational Ed. With Industries in Mind
Singapore’s success in turning out students with exceptional math and science skills has won praise for the former British colony-turned-international-financial-hub from educators and scholars around the world, the United States included.
But recently, outside observers have become intrigued with another, less discussed feature of Singapore’s education system: its career and technical education programs. Since the 1990s, the country has revamped its trade-oriented academic classes and moved many low-achieving students into high-demand jobs, despite Singapore’s traditionally heavy focus on core academics.
For years, American policymakers have searched for ways to raise the quality of the United States’ career and technical education programs—the refashioned term for vocational education—and make them more...
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