Governor visits Institute of Technical Education in Singapore

GANGTOK, 16 Jan: The Governor of Sikkim visited the Institute of Technical Education (West) College of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore at Choa Chu Kang Grove on 11 January. He was warmly received by Principal of the College, Dr. Yak Tiew Ming and the staff.
A press release from the PRO to the Governor informs that the Governor was accompanied by First Secretary (Commerce), Amitesh Bharat Singh and Attache (PIC) of the High Commission of India, Debashish Choudhuri and Joint Secretary to the Governor, Thakur Thapa.
The Governor was given a presentation by the Principal, Dr. Yak Tiew Ming. The ITE  works under the ‘One System, Three Colleges, Governance and Education Model’ introduced by the Singapore Government in 2005 under which the ITE-HQ oversees the broad system, policy issues and ensures standards while the ‘three colleges’ are empowered to develop niche areas of excellence to enhance attractiveness of ITE education.
The ITE owes its success primarily to its unique ‘Hands on, Minds on and Hearts on’ education philosophy where students integrate theory and practice through course work, industry exposure, projects and experimental learning, the objective being to prepare and expose students of different abilities, talents and interests to the realities and challenges of the global market.
Later in the afternoon, the Governor visited Singapore’s Asian Civilization Museum at Empress Place, the release informs. He was received by Senior Curator and Head of the Museum’s South Asian Collection, Dr. Gauri Krishnan and Curator, Cross Culture, Clement Onn.
He was briefed about the museum, its collections and about the influences India has had in shaping the cultures of Southeast Asia through the centuries.
The Curator, Mr Onn also guided the Governor on a tour of the museum, where the highlight of the museum was the ongoing exhibition-‘Patterns of Trade-Indian Textiles for Export, 1400-1900’- where Indian textiles of different colors, patterns and materials produced and exported from India were displayed. Some of the exhibits were more than 600 years old, the release further mentions.

At the end of the tour the Governor thanked the Museum’s staff and presented the museum with a Sikkimese thanka, a copy each of the books “Bahudha- and the post 9/11 World”, “India’s Culture” and “Sikkim’s Raj Bhawan”. In return he was presented several books documenting the museums collections and Singapore’s ancestral cultures, the release adds.