Lifelong Learning/Education Policy and Career Design/Human Resource Development –

The Singapore Experience. Chia Mun Onn

Vice -President (Singapore)East Asia Forum for Adult Education

Immediate Past President The Singapore Association for Continuing

Education

Two Stories

Frog-Hunting Drinking water

Questions for Discussion How is lifelong learning perceived ? How are lifelong learning policies shaped by the

expectations of learners and the responsiveness of adult educators?

What is the expanded role of adult educators and trainers in an increasingy globalised Singapore?

Is lifelong learning sustainable ?

The Context

The Race to Stay Ahead Globalisation Singapore as an Educational Hub Demographics

The Policy Initiatives

Manpower 21 Singapore 21 Learning Festival Workers Development Agency The Singapore Quality Class Award

Implications for policy development Greater Accountability of Programme

Effectiveness Expanding roles of adult educators Need for Professional Development Increasing demand for educators and

trainers Shift from training to lifelong learning Shift from provision to self-responsibility

Responses of Organisations •Strive for distinctiveness •Need for Self-Sustainability

•Look to Quality Assurance certification •Guided by Business Values

Lifelong Learning as a Policy, Strategy and Lifestyle

Managing by objectives

Self-managing

The Learning Organisation as an emerging paradigm

The Learner as Consumer

Education as Commodity

Exchange Value of Education

Use Value of Education

Exchange and Use Value of Education

Perceptions of Lifelong Learning

Perceptions of the Objectives of Lifelong Learning

RevolutionReformMaintenanceAcculturationConservation

Valuing people

Beyond profit-making The Balanced Scorecard

The Balanced Scorecard

Concluding Remarks

Developing managerial capabilities Appilcability of management concepts to

educational settings Going beyond economic worth