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Singapore’s Masterplan for ICT
in Education
Dr Thiam-Seng KOHSt. Joseph’s Institution
3 February 2010
Presentation Outline
• Preamble
• Singapore masterplans for ICT in education
• Key lessons learned
• Challenges and issues
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About Singapore & Education• Population is about 5 mil with a
resident population of 3.7 mil
• An island of about 700 km2 in size
• Multi-racial – Chinese (~75%)
• No natural resources or hinterland
• People are its only resource
• English is the language of instruction and administration
• About 360 schools, 30,000 teachers and 500,000 students from Grades 1 – 12
• Average class size: 40 – 44 for elementary & middle schools
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Mission & Vision of Education
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• Mission: Moulding the Future of our Nation
• Vision: Thinking Schools, Learning Nation
Desired Outcomes of Education
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Nurturing the Whole Child
Skills for 21st Century Challenges
• Learning how to learn
• Creative Thinking
• Values
• National education
• Working with others
• Communication
• ICT
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Masterplans for ICT & Education
The ICT Masterplan Journey
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Building the Foundation
Seeding Innovation
Strengthening & Scaling
Building the Foundation1997: Masterplan 1
Core ICT Training for all teachers
ICT Infrastructure & Support for all
schools
Educational software &
resources for relevant subjects
ICT became an accepted tool for teaching & Learning
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2002: Masterplan 2Seeding Innovation
FS@SG5% schs
LEAD ICTSchools
15-20% schs
Remaining Schools
Gave autonomy through devolved
ICT funds
Generate innovative practices through schemes
Established Baseline ICT Standards for pupils
Learning Points
• Addressing fundamental issues in education before introducing ICT across the system
• Adopting systemic and systematic approach
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Learning Points
• Paying attention to teacher’s readiness in using ICT for learning
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• Taking a multi-disciplinary and multi-partnership approach to push frontiers on use of ICT in learning
Learning Points
• Aligning intent and interests among all key stakeholders
• Co-ordinating and high level monitoring of implementation
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Dialogue with school leaders
Challenges & Issues
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ICT
CompetenciesPedagogical Principles
The need to bridge the gap between
ICT competencies and effective teaching
(including assessment)
Centralisation Autonomy
The need to balance between centralisation and
autonomy
“Cyberwellness”
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Curriculum, & Assessment
1st MasterplanBuild Foundation
2nd MasterplanSeed Innovation
3rd MasterplanStrengthen & Scale
~ ICT supporting curriculum
~ ICT integrated into curriculum & assessment
~ ICT embedded into syllabuses & teaching guides
In Summary: Key Focus Areas
Professional Development
~ Core training for all teachers and school
leaders
~ Differentiated Prof
Development~ Consultancy to
school leaders
~ ICT Mentorship~ Professional
Learning Communities
Research & Development
~ Spearheading R&D efforts in collaboration with industry & schools
~ Seeding innovation in
schools
~ Translating research
to influence classroom practices
Infrastructure for Learning
~ Central provision to equip all schools~ One-size-fits-all
~ Flexible provision to suit schools needs
~ Closer alignment to curriculum
changes and schools needs
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Thank You …
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Budget
mp1 (1997 - 2002)
mp2 (2003 – 2008)
Total: $600 million, or Annually: $300 per student
$450,000 per school
Total: $2 billion, or Annually: $650 per student
$1 million per school