Successful ITE Graduates to Be Recognized With One of 3 New Fellowships in President's Challenge

A new fellowship to recognize Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduates who have had outstanding career achievements was among three tracks launched under the refreshed President's Challenge on May 28.

- Syarafana Shafeeq

The ITE Inspire Fellowship recognizes those who have achieved success following a technical education background so as to enlist them to serve as role models and mentors to motivate others.

The fellowship was introduced by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam during a visit with Netball Singapore, an organization receiving funding this year under the President's Challenge.

The President's Challenge was established in 2000 by then President S R Nathan to raise money for and support various social causes. It has provided funding for many social service agencies to run their programmes.

The other two fellowships are the Civic Action and Springboard fellowships, which aim to develop new approaches in the social sector, and support individuals who are bouncing back from major setbacks respectively.

The Civic Action Fellowship will be open to social sector professionals and allow them to deepen their expertise and develop new approaches for the sector through full-time and part-time sabbaticals that span one to two years.

The Springboard Fellowship will help those bouncing back from adversity and provide them with education, skills and entrepreneurship training so they can embark on new career paths.

The three fellowships will tap partners like Quantedge Foundation, Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore Business Federation Foundation, Temasek and ITE for their resources and networks.