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All ITE students to learn artificial intelligence in first year to take on future jobs
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ITE aerospace avionics lecturer Soh Kee Teck (centre) and students (from left) Stephen Ong, Erhan Harith Abdul Malik, Sanjay Shagaran and Kenneth Ng with a drone they are developing to patrol beaches. It carries a float that can be dropped near a swimmer in trouble before a lifeguard gets to him.
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All students joining the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) from this year must take a module in the basics of artificial intelligence (AI) in their first year of study.
The institute, which sees about 14,000 enrolling each year, is making a big push to teach them skills like basic programming and analytics, to meet the demands of emerging jobs.
