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ITE College West

Public school

工艺西区教育学院 (Chinese)
Institut Pendidikan Teknikal Kolej Barat (Malay)

Address

1 Choa Chu Kang Grove, Singapore 688236

InformationTypePublic
GovernmentMottoA College of Service and InnovationEstablishedJuly 2010; 13 years ago (2010-07)School boardInstitute of Technical EducationPrincipalAlice Seow Chui HoonWebsiteOfficial websiteAgency overviewJurisdictionGovernment of SingaporeParent agencyMinistry of Education

ITE College West (ITECW) 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.

Campus

In July 2010, a 9.54-hectare mega-campus was opened, operating four schools - the School of Business and Services, School of Hospitality, School of Engineering and School of Info-Comm Technology. ^[1]

The campus, which was built by Gammon Construction under a PPP contract,^[2] was officially opened on 18 April 2011 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.^[3]

Activities

Students can participate in many co-curricular activities (CCA) organised by Clubs, Committees, and community service societies. Actively contributing in the CCA can help to attain a 'CCA bonus point' of 0.2, 0.15, 0.1 and 0.05 respectively, where it can help ITE graduates who are progressing to ITE Higher Nitec or Polytechnic diploma courses.^[4]

Notable alumni

Jeremy Chan – Actor of MediaCorp
Hayley Woo – Actress of MediaCorp
Jayley Woo – Actress of MediaCorp^[5]
Sean Tan – Professional wrestler signed to WWE
Cheris Lee – Actress, dancer & singer.
Kiki Lim – Actress of MediaCorp^[6]

References

^ Fredriksen Birger; Sing Kong Lee; Chor Boon Goh (18 April 2008). Toward a Better Future: Education and Training for Economic Development in Singapore since 1965. World Bank Publications. ISBN 978-0-8213-7376-7.
^ "Balfour Beatty ties up £100m PPP deal in Singapore". Building. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ Lai, Gerrard (19 April 2011). "PM Lee: ITE is critical element". my paper. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "JPAE - Joint Polytechnic Admissions Exercise". jpae.polytechnic.edu.sg. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
^ "ITE gave actress Jayley Woo a fresh start in life". 2015-09-02. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Here Are The Star Search 2019 Finalists Like You've Never Seen Them Before". TODAY. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

External links

Official website

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Pre-university centres

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