Key Statistics on Technical Education & Training, 1991.

Overview & Synopsis

This publication documents statistical data on technical education and training activities under the purview of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore. A list of abbreviations and nomenclature used is included. Section I cites major developments in technical education and training in 1991 and includes diagrams of the former vocational training system and the new technical training system. Section II, on full-time institutional training, provides the following types of data: intake by level, level and sex, level and race, and qualification; average enrollment by level, level and sex, qualification, level and race, and technical institute; cumulative output by level and sex, level and race, and sector, trade cluster, and sex; and output by level and race and output of courses. In section III, on apprenticeship, data illustrate the following: apprenticeship (1982-91); intake of apprentices by sector and trade cluster, level and race, and qualification; and apprentices completed training in 1991 by sector and trade cluster. Section IV, on continuing education and training, shows training places taken up under Continuing Skills Training and Education (1987-1991). Section V, on worker education, provides data on: training places taken up by Basic Education for Skills Training (BEST) and Worker Improvement through Secondary Education (WISE) participants and BEST and WISE examination results. Statistics on training places taken up by BEST and WISE participants by type of center are also given. Section VI, on trade testing and certification, includes data on candidature by type of test and course level. Section VII provides lists of ongoing full-time courses, ongoing apprenticeship courses, and discontinued full-time courses, as well as data on costs and expenditures. (YLB)