Singapore Polytechnic wins inaugural ASEAN People’s Award
It is among 10 recipients honoured for their contributions toward ASEAN’s community-building efforts.
SINGAPORE: Singapore Polytechnic has clinched the inaugural ASEAN People’s Award.
It is among 10 recipients honoured for their contributions toward ASEAN’s community-building efforts. The winners are picked from among ASEAN's 10-member economies.
Experiential learning is weaved into the curriculum at Singapore Polytechnic. Over the past three years, it has also taken on an ASEAN Outreach Thrust. Under this, students are exposed to a range of programmes, including community building projects to improve the lives of people across ASEAN.
For example, students came up with a sustainable and efficient way for some villagers in Vietnam to produce bamboo blinds - their main source of income.
Ms Lim Lee Yee, director of the School of Communication, Arts and Social Sciences at Singapore Polytechnic, said: "Students get to go to the community, work with the local community and create actual prototypes for the community to use. So it is a case of going beyond the textbook to understand the culture of ASEAN. In this case, they get to work with the local community and see their products put into good use."
Earlier in October, about 300 students and faculty from across ASEAN gathered in Singapore. They took on the roles of diplomats, to debate and offer solutions to trans-national problems.
Singapore Polytechnic was picked from a pool of 22 nominations in Singapore, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) received between Aug 25 and Sep 6 this year. The decision to grant the award to the school was made by a four-person assessment panel comprising Ambassadors-At-Large Chan Heng Chee, Professor Tommy Koh and Ong Keng Yong, as well as businesswoman Jennie Chua.
MFA said that the school stood out for fostering a greater sense of community among students in the region, and in doing so, helping to build an ASEAN identity.
Each national recipient will receive a US$10,000 (S$13,900) cash grant to encourage them to continue with their activities. The award ceremony will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit in November.
The award comes as the regional grouping gears up to finalise the ASEAN Community 2015 blueprint by the end of the year. It is a community-building initiative, aimed at economic, political-security and socio-cultural integration. ASEAN leaders have said that the ambitious plan will yield tremendous benefits for the people of this region.
As a whole, ASEAN is the seventh-largest economy in the world today, with a combined GDP of about US$2.3 trillion. In addition, with about 620 million people, the region's potential market is larger than the European Union or North America.
Singapore Polytechnic wins inaugural ASEAN People’s AwardIt is among 10 recipients honoured for their contributions toward ASEAN’s community-building efforts. SINGAPORE: Singapore Polytechnic has clinched the inaugural ASEAN People’s Award.It is among 10 recipients honoured for their contributions toward ASEAN’s community-building efforts. The winners are picked from among ASEAN's 10-member economies.Experiential learning is weaved into the curriculum at Singapore Polytechnic. Over the past three years, it has also taken on an ASEAN Outreach Thrust. Under this, students are exposed to a range of programmes, including community building projects to improve the lives of people across ASEAN.For example, students came up with a sustainable and efficient way for some villagers in Vietnam to produce bamboo blinds - their main source of income.Ms Lim Lee Yee, director of the School of Communication, Arts and Social Sciences at Singapore Polytechnic, said: "Students get to go to the community, work with the local community and create actual prototypes for the community to use. So it is a case of going beyond the textbook to understand the culture of ASEAN. In this case, they get to work with the local community and see their products put into good use."Earlier in October, about 300 students and faculty from across ASEAN gathered in Singapore. They took on the roles of diplomats, to debate and offer solutions to trans-national problems.
Singapore Polytechnic was picked from a pool of 22 nominations in Singapore, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) received between Aug 25 and Sep 6 this year. The decision to grant the award to the school was made by a four-person assessment panel comprising Ambassadors-At-Large Chan Heng Chee, Professor Tommy Koh and Ong Keng Yong, as well as businesswoman Jennie Chua.
MFA said that the school stood out for fostering a greater sense of community among students in the region, and in doing so, helping to build an ASEAN identity.
Each national recipient will receive a US$10,000 (S$13,900) cash grant to encourage them to continue with their activities. The award ceremony will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit in November.
The award comes as the regional grouping gears up to finalise the ASEAN Community 2015 blueprint by the end of the year. It is a community-building initiative, aimed at economic, political-security and socio-cultural integration. ASEAN leaders have said that the ambitious plan will yield tremendous benefits for the people of this region.
As a whole, ASEAN is the seventh-largest economy in the world today, with a combined GDP of about US$2.3 trillion. In addition, with about 620 million people, the region's potential market is larger than the European Union or North America.
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