Education landscape sees gradual shift in 2013

From having more niche programmes to more courses in universities, the secondary and post-secondary education landscape in Singapore is seeing a gradual shift to one that can accommodate multiple pathways, reports Channel News Asia.

More employers are looking for work readiness in new graduates. Two universities in Singapore believe they have an answer – by blending work and study into an applied degree programme, which will start in 2014. SIM University is bringing a broad-based education in business and accountancy to the table, while the Singapore Institute of Technology is offering highly specialised engineering programmes in rail and software.

Business and engineering are already flagship courses in Singapore's other national universities. But observers said there would not necessarily be a risk of an oversupply of business and engineering graduates.
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