5 new ITE diploma courses in 2025

More students will be able to pursue diplomas at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), as the institute adds more of such courses.

- Elisha Tushara

More students will be able to pursue diplomas at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), as the institute adds more such courses. And these ITE diploma graduates are earning salaries comparable with those of polytechnic diploma holders.

Five new ITE diploma courses will be added in 2025, to the current 48.

With the additional courses, about 15 per cent of ITE graduates will be able to progress to a diploma qualification with the institute in 2025, up from 10 per cent in 2023.

The new programmes are in the fields of community care, paramedicine, clean energy engineering, health and exercise coaching, and human resource management.

Announcing the new courses on Oct 24 at the institute's work-study diploma (WSDip) graduation ceremony at ITE College Central, Second Minister for Education Maliki Osman said ITE will provide more students with the opportunity to upskill via the work-study route.

More than nine in 10 WSDip trainees who graduated in 2023 are in full-time employment six months after graduation, Dr Maliki added.