Key Statistics on Technical Education and Training 1992.

Overview & Synopsis

This publication documents important statistical data on the technical education and training activities under the purview of the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore. Section I on technical education and training in Singapore highlights major developments in 1992 and provides flowcharts of the former vocational training system and the new technical training system. Section II offers statistics on full-time institutional training, including the following: intake by level, level and sex, and level and race; average enrollment by level, level and sex, qualification, level and race, and technical institute; cumulative output by level and sex and by sector, trade cluster, and sex; output by level and race; and output of courses. Section III offers these statistics on apprenticeship: apprenticeships (1983-92); intake of apprentices by sector and trade cluster, level and race, and qualification; and apprentices completed training in 1992 by sector and trade cluster. Section IV provides these statistics: training places taken under continuing skills training and education (1988-92) and under the continuing skills training and continuing education courses by level. Section V contains statistics on worker education: training places taken by participants in Basic Education for Skills Training (BEST) and Worker Improvement through Secondary Education (WISE) by level and type of center and examination results of BEST and WISE participants. Section VI on trade testing and certification offers these statistics: candidature by type of test and course level; distribution of candidatures and passes by type of test; and number certified through the institutional, public, and modular trade test. Section VII provides miscellaneous statistics. (YLB)