Industry, academia should team up to design higher education curriculum: Chan Chun Sing

The Straits Times05-06

SINGAPORE – Education Minister Chan Chun Sing has called on industry leaders to collaborate with institutes of higher learning and continuing education providers here to help design their curriculum ...

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