ITE College West
ITE College West (Abbreviation: ITE CW-CK) (Formerly known as ITE West Network) is an educational institution under the Institute of Technical Education. In 2010, a single campus was built in the Choa Chu Kang and replaced its five smaller network campuses as part of ITE's "One ITE System, Three Colleges" plan. The field of focus of College West is Hospitality & Services and Automotive Technology. It is located at Choa Chu Kang Grove within walking distance to Teck Whye LRT station.
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| Motto | "A College of Service and Innovation" |
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| Type | Public Government |
| Established | July 2010 |
| Principal | Ms Alice Seow |
Academic staff | Approx. 700 |
| Students | Approx. 8000 (Full-Time) Approx. 5000 (Part-Time) |
| Address | 1 Choa Chu Kang Grove, Singapore 688236 |
| Website | ITE College West |
History
Originally the campuses are located at Dover, Balestier, Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Batok and Clementi. All satellite have been demolished and the ITE main Headquarters has shifted to ITE College Central. The ITE at Balestier became Northlight School while the ITEs at Dover and Bukit Batok became Singapore Institute of Technology campus and SkyPeak @ Bukit Batok HDB flats respectively.
New campus at Choa Chu Kang
In July 2010, the new 9.54-hectare mega-campus opened, operating four schools - the School of Business and Services, School of Hospitality, School of Engineering and School of Info-Comm Technology. At this time, several of the network campuses were closed and the courses were transferred to the campus. The campus, which was built by Gammon Construction under a PPP contract,[1] was officially opened on 18 April 2011 by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[2]
Culture & traditions
Uniform
Students are to wear the prescribed uniform. Inside the collar, there is a colour that represents different courses. Students are required to be in Physical Outfit for Physical Activities, students can/will change back to school uniform after Physical Activities. The Physical Education T - Shirt is a plain white shirt with 2 strips of the course colours. The colours below represents different types of courses :
- Green - School of Electronic & Info Comm Technology
- Yellow - School of Business and Service
- Orange - School of Engineering
- Dark Purple - School of Hospitality
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.[3]
Arts & Cultural Activities
- Acoustic Band
- Arts & Crafts
- Campus Radio
- Chinese Orchestra
- Choir Singing
- Dance Group
- Dikir Barat
- Drama
- Festive Drums
- Inspire Club
- Lion Dance
- Magic Club
- Percussion Club
- Rock & Pop Band
- Symphonic Band
Clubs & Societies
- ACE Club
- Apple Club
- Audio Visual Club
- Automation & Robotics
- Business Studies Club
- Community Service Club
- Clean Energy Club
- Cyber Security Club
- Computer Club
- Engineering Club
- Entrepreneurship
- Interact Club
- Library Club
- Media Smart Club
- Micromouse Club
- Photography Club
- SAFE home Club
- School Based Club
- SPARK Programme
- Student Council
- Service Ambassadors Club
- Work Safety & Health Club
Sports & Games
- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Fitness Club
- Bowling
- Chess
- Dragonboat
- Floorball
- Handball
- Martial Arts
- Motor Sport Club
- Netball
- Bouldering
- Rugby
- Sepak Takraw
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Volleyball
School and Courses
The College has four schools:
- School of Business and Services (SBS)
- School of Hospitality (SOH)
- School of Engineering (SOE)
- School of Info-Comm Technology (SEIT)
School of Business & Services Courses
- Higher Nitec in Accounting
- Nitec in Business Services
- Nitec in Finance Services
- Nitec in Fitness Training
- Nitec in Travel & Tourism Services
- Higher Nitec in Leisure & Travel Operations
- Nitec in Retail Services
- Higher Nitec in Service Management
- Higher Nitec in Sports Management
School of Hospitality Courses
- Technical Diploma in Culinary Arts
- Asian Culinary Arts
- Western Culinary Arts
- Food & Beverage Operations
- Pastry & Baking
- Hospitality Operations
School of Electronics & Info-Communications Technology Courses
- Web Applications
- Electronics (Computer & Networking)
- Security Technology
- Info Communications Technology
School of Engineering Courses
- Technical Engineer Diploma (TED) in Automotive Engineering
- Higher Nitec in Automotive Engineering
- Nitec in Automotive Technology (Heavy Vehicles)
- Nitec in Automotive Technology (Light Vehicles)
- Higher Nitec in Electrical Engineering
- Nitec in Electrical Technology (Lighting & Sound)
- Nitec in Electrical Technology (Power & Control)
- Higher Nitec in Facility Management
- Nitec in Facility Technology (Mechanical & Electrical)
- Higher Nitec in Mechanical Engineering
- Nitec in Mechanical Technology
- Higher Nitec in Mechatronics Engineering
- Nitec in Mechatronics
- Higher Nitec in Rapid Transit Engineering
- Nitec in Rapid Transit Technology
Notable alumni
- Jeremy Chan-Singapore actor
- Twin sisters Hayley Woo and Jayley Woo former MediaCorp actress
External links
References
- "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.