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Singapore, 5 July 2002
Considering an IT career in Singapore? |
Singapore offers a world-class telecommunications infrastructure, and an attractive and competitive market environment for the growth of infocomm companies. This has been made possible with the IT Market growing at 30% over the last 15 years. The local government has also plans to double annual IT revenue to S$40 billion by 2005. In addition, there will be increased emphasis on Quality of Service (QoS) on international links for performance assurance.
To ensure that all these standards are met, the Infocomm Development Authority is helping the industry build new capabilities through Infocomm Local Industry
Upgrading Programme and competency centres.
To date, Singapore has received an impressive report card with the clinching of numerous awards, some of which included being ranked as having the Best workforce in the world by Business Environment Risk Intelligence report in 1998. Other accolades include voted No.1 city for business in the Asia-Pacific in a survey in Fortune Magazine in 1999.
An Infocomm way of life
Our island has been an IT ecosystem since 1997. The government has committed $25 million to accelerate the adoption of an online culture and e-lifestyle and improve Internet accessibility for all. The government’s efforts include growing locally relevant content in Chinese, Malay and Tamil to bridge the language barrier. At present, 42% of our homes are already hooked up to the Internet. With the infrastructure in place, about 90% of Singapore companies are computerised.
In line with the government’s plan to make every citizen technologically savvy, target saturation levels are one PC for every 2 students, and 30% of school curriculum, will be multimedia-based by the year 2002, under the Education IT Masterplan.
A hotbed for talent
Recognising that people are its most valuable resource, Singapore has embarked on several initiatives to prime its workforce to be knowledge workers in the new economy. Part of fulfilling this vision requires the re-skill of non-infocomm talent, attracting overseas talent and put in place infrastructure and content to grow a regional e-Learning hub.
Singapore presently has a pool of 93,000 infocomm professionals. This is expected to grow to 250,000 by the year 2010 in line with more people taking up IT course routes.
| Figure: Profile of Infocomm Manpower by Highest Qualification Achieved |
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Base: All infocomm manpower (105,605) |
“With this potentially growing market for growth and advancement, students should consider the IT sector which still has a huge potential for growth. The Internet penetration rate is increasing day by day and e-learning is fast gaining acceptance. Informatics is already an internationally recognised name in training and education, and PurpleTrain.com will continue to push acceptance of e-learning to greater heights. We now have over 1,100 online courses ranging from IT to Business programmes. The lifelong learning model is truly alive and well at PurpleTrain. The knowledge-hungry learners can take up courses spanning levels from diploma to doctorate. We currently have over 55,000 users in the system and more students now are interested in e-learning as a viable mode of study”, commented Ms Kelly Ng, Sales Director of PurpleTrain.com.
“Since joining PurpleTrain, we have noticed that the mindsets have been changing towards e-learning. The inertia that we have had to overcome is still there but it is obvious that we are making progress day to day in winning new fans. We think that more and more students will realise the advantages of studying online”, she added.
IT courses have been a mainstay of PurpleTrain.com and the range now encompasses IT programmes for the young such as the Young IT programme to the Masters programme in Strategic Business Information Technology. As the courses covers both higher education and continuing education for working adults, it is a perfect one-stop solution either for those who wish to continue furthering their education or those simply wanting a new career path.
With this optimistic outlook, PurpleTrain looks set to win more fans over to the e-learning corner.
About Informatics Group
The Informatics Group, established in 1983, is a multinational corporation providing training and educational services in information technology and business management. Through its international franchising program and strategic acquisitions, Informatics presently has a global network of more than 450 centres spanning 42 countries.
The company presently offers five franchise products: Informatics Computer School, Thames Business School, CAL Computer Training Centre, Cambridge Child Development Centre and RACC. For more information, please visit http://www.informaticsgroup.com.
About PurpleTrain.com
PurpleTrain.com is the e-learning service provider which offers a one-stop service for business and IT education programmes, corporate training courses and education-related services. By combining innovative technology with world-class training content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals a high value, quality and effective online training solution. Over 1000 online courses are available, offering PhDs, masters, degrees, diplomas and certificates in business and IT programmes. Its e-community now stands at over 55,000 users.
PurpleTrain.com is a 100%-owned venture of Informatics Holdings Limited, a leading training and education provider listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
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