Singapore – Asia Emerging Education Hub Singapore grew from a small country to a reputable regional education hub over the years with great emphasis placed on its bilingual education sector. With its diverse cultural, rich legacy and the growing economy, Singapore is working towards hosting more than 150,000 students by 2015. Singapore has initiated the EduTrust certification scheme to protect the wellness of all students. Only education institutes that meet the stringent requirements of the scheme will be awarded the certificate. This thus provides identification for students to select a reliable education sector before they enrol into any private Universities in Singapore. Another good gage for users would be official rankings of the universities. Singapore government has pumped in a huge sum of money into the education sector to raise its educational excellence over the years. It has developed a total of 4 public universities in Singapore namely the Nanyang Technology University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). Each of the above mentioned university focuses on developing different aspects of students. The NUS and NTU initiated a number of innovative programmes including expanding students education, introduction of a core curriculum, collaborations with top foreign universities and the establishment of inter-disciplinary centres. The SMU offers a broad-based business curriculum modelled after that of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The SUTD nurtures technically grounded leaders and innovators for society and is established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Zhejiang University. The SIT caters primarily to polytechnic graduates. It is the only publicly funded tertiary institute in Singapore that brings together reputable overseas university partners from all over the world with the goal of giving its students a range of quality industry-focused degrees. Being autonomous, these universities can chart their own destiny, differentiate themselves and pursue new heights of excellence in education, research and service, whilst receiving substantial government funding.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:34:09 +0000