ITE College Central
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| ITE College Central | |
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 Front facade of the campus | |
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2 Ang Mo Kio Drive, Singapore | |
| Coordinates | 1°22′39″N 103°51′23″E / 1.3775°N 103.8564°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Government |
| Motto | Creative Learners, Innovative Workforce. |
| Established | 2 January 2013 |
| School board | Institute of Technical Education |
| Principal | Suresh Natarajan |
| Campus size | 10.6 hectares (26 acres) |
| Website | Official website  |
| Agency overview | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Parent agency | Ministry 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
[edit]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 2013 to 2023 (except 2020 and 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[3][4]
Academic schools and courses
[edit]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.
Incident
[edit]The ITE examinations director, Low Hwee Geok alias Michelle Low, was found dead at the ITE College Central campus carpark after being allegedly stabbed by her ex-husband on 19 July 2018. Her ex-husband, Seet Cher Hng, was arrested on 20 July and charged with murder the following day. For the charge of murdering Low by inflicting a fatal injury, Seet was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021.
Notable alumni
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.