Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2019)

Singapore as the Most Attractive Asian Country to Receive Higher-education

Authors
Liudmila Ponomarenko, Anastasia Zabella, Evgeniya Katkova
Corresponding Author
Liudmila Ponomarenko
Available Online July 2019.
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.67How to use a DOI?
Keywords
higher-education; individual approach; attracting talent; international standards; lifelong learning
Abstract

Education is one of the keys for future development. The 21st century is characterized by increasing attention to education as a sphere of broadening influence, developing "soft power" and increasing economic potential. In case of Singapore, education is the most important thing to ensure economic development through improving workforce skills. The article highlights the main directions of Singapore’s higher-education development. According to the authors, it includes individual approach, attracting talent, international standards, lifelong learning. Authors focus their attention on Singapore's three initiatives – Smart Nation Singapore, Skills-Future. Authors conclude that Singapore’s higher-education development can make useful example of attraction of foreign talent for economic growth of the state. The article introduces the higher-education system in Singapore since its independence. Authors focus their attention on educational development, main features of higher-education system.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-752-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.67How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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