ITE College Central

Public school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore

1°22′39″N 103°51′23″E / 1.3775°N 103.8564°E / 1.3775; 103.8564InformationTypePublic
GovernmentMottoCreative Learners, Innovative Workforce.Established2 January 2013; 11 years ago (2013-01-02)School boardInstitute of Technical EducationPrincipalSuresh NatarajanCampus size10.6 hectares (26 acres)WebsiteOfficial website

Agency overviewJurisdictionGovernment of SingaporeParent agencyMinistry of Education

ITE College Central (ITECC) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

It is one of the Institute of Technical Education's three colleges under the "One ITE System, Three Colleges" Governance and Education Model. The college also houses the headquarters of the Institute of Technical Education.

Campus

Covering a land area of 10.61 hectares with a total gross floor area of 192,820m², the campus opened to its first cohort of students in January 2013. The campus was officially opened on 8 November that year by then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.^[1]

The Tay Eng Soon Convention Centre was named after Tay Eng Soon to commemorate his ministerial service in the Ministry of Education (MOE), who spearheaded the development of polytechnics and institutes for technical training in Singapore.^[2]

Then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his National Day Rally speech at the Tay Eng Soon Convention Centre from 2019 to 2023 (except 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic).^[3]^[4]

Academic schools and courses

ITE College Central has four schools; School of Business & Services, School of Design & Media, School of Electronics & Info-Communications Technology and School of Engineering, running a total of 51 courses.

Notable alumni

Romeo Tan, MediaCorp actor

References

^ "Review to better match ITE, poly skills to jobs". Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ "Overview of Institute of Technical Education" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
^ "PM Lee to deliver National Day Rally speech on Aug 19 at ITE College Central". CNA. Archived from the original on 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
^ Auto, Hermes (2022-05-11). "PM Lee to deliver National Day Rally speech on Aug 21 | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-05-31.

External links

Official website

Pre-university centres and post-secondary institutes in Singapore

Pre-university centres

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