Toward a Better Future : Education and Training for Economic Development in Singapore since 1965

The Singapore economy has undergone significant stages of development since the 1960s. It has grown from its traditional role as a regional port and distribution center in the 1960s to an international manufacturing and service center in the 1970s and 1980s, and now into a center of science-based manufacturing and knowledge-intensive technical services. Much has been written to explain this success. Emphasis has been placed on the early adoption of an export-oriented strategy for industrialization, high savings and investment rates, a stable macroeconomic environment, and even socio cultural traits that support successful industrialization. This volume documents a less-explored aspect of Singapore's economic development: it examines the transformation of the education and training system since the country's independence in 1965 and how the process contributed to skills formation and, hence, economic change.

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Main Authors:	Lee, Sing-Kong, Goh, Chor Boon, Fredriksen, Birger, Tan, Jee Peng
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2008
Subjects:	ABLE STUDENTS, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, ACADEMIC RESULTS, ACADEMIC YEAR, ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION, ADULT EDUCATION, ADULT LEARNING, APTITUDES, ARTS, AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS, AVERAGE SCORE, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC LITERACY, BASIC PRINCIPLES, BASIC SKILLS, BILINGUAL EDUCATION, CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION, CIVICS, COHORT OF STUDENTS, COMPUTER LITERACY, CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS, CONTINUING EDUCATION, CONTINUOUS LEARNING, CORE TEXTBOOK, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM CHANGE, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM MATERIALS, CURRICULUM PLANNING, CURRICULUM STANDARDS, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION DIVISION, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION MINISTERS, EDUCATION OFFICIALS, EDUCATION PLANNERS, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICES, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EDUCATIONAL REFORMS, EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, ENGINEERING, ENROLLMENT FIGURES, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENROLLMENT RATIOS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, EQUAL TREATMENT, FORMAL EDUCATION, FREE PLAY, FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION, FREE TEXTBOOKS, FUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS, FUTURE EDUCATION, GIRLS, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER LEARNING, HOME ECONOMICS, INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, LANGUAGE POLICY, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, LITERACY, LITERACY RATE, LITERACY SKILLS, LOCAL PUBLISHERS, LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS, MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, MOTHER TONGUE, MOTHER TONGUES, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS, NATIONAL LANGUAGE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NATURAL SCIENCES, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NUMERACY, OCCUPATIONS, PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, POPULATION GROWTH, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY PUPILS, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL SYSTEM, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY SCIENCE, PRIMARY-SCHOOL, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE EXPENDITURE, PRIVATE PRINTERS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLISHING INDUSTRY, PUPILS, QUALIFIED TEACHERS, QUALITY EDUCATION, RADIO, READING, RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS, RETRAINING, RURAL AREAS, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOL LEADERS, SCHOOL LEAVERS, SCHOOL LEVELS, SCHOOL POPULATION, SCHOOL SITES, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOLING, SCIENCE EDUCATION, SCIENCE STUDY, SECOND LANGUAGE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SKILL TRAINING, SKILLED PERSONNEL, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SKILLS, SOCIALIZATION, SPEAKING, SPORTS, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT POPULATION, SUBJECT TEACHERS, SYLLABUS, TEACHER, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER RECRUITMENT, TEACHER TRAINEES, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER-TRAINING CURRICULUM, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING FORCE, TEACHING MATERIALS, TEACHING PROGRAMS, TEACHING STAFF, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TEXTBOOK, TEXTBOOK DEVELOPMENT, TEXTBOOK PUBLICATION, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINEE TEACHERS, TRAINEES, TRAINING CENTERS, TRAINING COLLEGE, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING INSTITUTES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRAINING SCHEMES, TRAINING SCHOOLS, TYPES OF EDUCATION, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, USE OF TEXTBOOKS, VERNACULAR SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9484338/toward-better-future-education-training-economic-development-singapore-1965 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6432
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