Nur Amalina Bte Zakaria
Diploma in Internet & Multimedia Development
Gold Award - Web Design
Lim Yuan Jie
Diploma in Information Technology
Gold Award – Information Technology - Software Applications
Both students will represent Singapore at the prestigious 40th WorldSkills Competition to be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in September 2009.
Here is some information about WorldSkills from the official WorldSkills website:
WorldSkills provides a unique means of exchange and comparison of world-class competency standards in the industrial trades and service sectors of the global economy. The continued growth of WorldSkills attests to the fact that traditional trade and craft skills along with the newer technology multi-skilled vocations make an essential contribution to the economic and social well being of peoples everywhere.
As a free standing, non-political organisation WorldSkills provides a cost effective means for international government and industry cooperation in achieving higher standards and status for vocational education and training on a worldwide basis. Refer to this website for more information: http://www.worldskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=37