Ngee Ann Poly set to prepare students for green careers

Initiative includes new scholarship and core module on sustainability education, innovation

- Elisha Tushara

From April, all first-year students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) have to take a core module in sustainability education and innovation, as the institution seeks to prepare them for green careers and integrate sustainability into its curriculum, operations and partnerships.

The module, called Innovation Made Possible, aims to inculcate in students an innovative mindset and sustainability perspectives, as they learn problem-solving for community-based issues.

It is part of the polytechnic’s newly launched Sustainability Education and Ecosystem Development (Seed) initiative, which also seeks to develop sustainability-focused industry partnerships, NP said in a statement on March 28.

Mr Lim Kok Kiang, the principal and chief executive of NP, said the compulsory core module will give students a firm foundation and the confidence to tackle complex interdisciplinary and sustainability-centred industry challenges in their final-year projects.