ITE alumni make good

Raising the bar

Alumni from the Institute of Technical Education are making waves in different fields, from law to fashion to theatre

A former ITE graduate, Mr Kawal Pal Singh is today a partner in a local law firm.
A former ITE graduate, Mr Kawal Pal Singh is today a partner in a local law firm. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
Salon owner Noel Ng says his time at ITE opened his eyes to hairdressing and he learnt there is more to it than just heartland mall salons.
Salon owner Noel Ng says his time at ITE opened his eyes to hairdressing and he learnt there is more to it than just heartland mall salons. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE KIAT
Learning to make French cuisine and how to run a restaurant business sparked the entrepreneurship spirit of 5 Senses Bistro's Alina Har and Andrea Lim (both above).
Learning to make French cuisine and how to run a restaurant business sparked the entrepreneurship spirit of 5 Senses Bistro's Alina Har and Andrea Lim (both above). ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
Theatre actress Siti Khalijah Zainal auditioned for a role in a musical at ITE and ended up with a lead role.
Theatre actress Siti Khalijah Zainal auditioned for a role in a musical at ITE and ended up with a lead role. PHOTO: COURTESY OF SITI KHALIJAH ZAINAL
A household name in the local fashion industry, Esther Tay had wanted to enrol in ITE's graphic design course, but was not eligible. She ended up in the dressmaking course instead.
A household name in the local fashion industry, Esther Tay had wanted to enrol in ITE's graphic design course, but was not eligible. She ended up in the dressmaking course instead. PHOTO: ST FILE
Amanda Chai
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Updated
Jul 10, 2019, 05:40 PM
Published
Jul 07, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Twenty-three-year-old Nicholas Chan made history two months ago when he became the first graduate of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) to be accepted into the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Mr Chan, who had dropped out of secondary school, trained as a nursing student in ITE before scoring well enough to enter Nanyang Polytechnic's nursing course.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 07, 2019, with the headline Raising the bar. Subscribe

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