Education and Career Guidance

Education and Career Guidance (ECG)

Education and Career Guidance (ECG) equips Gessians with the necessary knowledge, skills, and values to make informed decisions about their education and career pathways. A good ECG curriculum prepares students for successful transition from school to further education or work, as part of their lifelong learning.

The GESS ECG curriculum aims to:

• nurture student’s self-awareness and self-directedness for lifelong learning;

• enable students to explore education and career options, by equipping them with accurate and comprehensive information.;

• help students develop a growth mindset and a resilient attitude to embrace future opportunities, and appreciate all occupations across society; and

• create opportunities for students to build positive connections with the community (such as teachers, ECG counsellors, parents, industry partners), to develop an appreciation for different career pathways.

Key messages of ECG

1. Discover Who You Are

Develop your values, interests, personality and skills throughout life to fulfil your aspirations, and use them to shape the society you want to be a part of in the future.

2. Navigate Pathways with Confidence

Explore your education and career options, as you think about what you want to do, and who you want to be, in future. The more you learn, the more you will be ready to confidently take up opportunities that are presented to you.

3. Make Informed Decisions and Own Them

Continue to grow your knowledge and skills to expand opportunities for yourself. Explore how you can tap on such opportunities to pursue your aspirations. Take positive steps to embark on your education and career plans.

4. Keep Learning. Be Resilient

Continue learning throughout your life and view setbacks as opportunities to develop yourself and grow. Be adaptable and resilient as you build a fulfilling career.

Key programmes for each level at GESS:

• Sec 1: MySkillsFuture onboarding, ECG Learning Fortnight

• Sec 2: Subject Combination Exploration

• Sec 3: Education Pathway Exploration

• Sec 4/5: JC talks, Polytechnic courses exploration, ITE engagement session, EAE and DSA preparatory sessions, JC and Polytechnic Open Houses.

Tools and Resources:

My Skills Future (Student portal) - To access tools like the Career Interest quiz, and World of Work resources

CourseFinder - For searching up Polytechnic and ITE courses

SchoolFinder - For more information on DSA niche areas and special programmes offered by JCs

Discover on my Way - A portal that allows youth to explore their education and career interests. Developed in collaboration with the National Youth Council

Advisory Sg - Advisory is a fully youth-led charity dedicated to empowering young people from all walks of life to make informed career and further education choices. They run a series of online industry panels for students to understand what each career entails. A summary of the past panels can be found on the Events page.

Changes to the Education Landscape:

1. Full Subject-Based Banding 

2. Changes to Sec/Pre-U education (from 2025 Committee of Supply) 

Admission Exercises:

1. Joint Intake Exercise (JIE) - Application to Higher Nitec courses at ITE after release of N-level results

2. Direct Entry to Polytechnic Programme (DPP) - Application for 2-year Higher Nitec course at ITE before progressing to Polytechnic

3. Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) - Application to JC/MI, Polys and ITEs after release of O-level results

4. Poly Foundation Programme (PFP) - Application to do foundation year at Polytechnic [For N(A) students only]

5. Aptitude-based Admissions (ABA) - Includes DSA-JC, Poly EAE and ITE EAE

Stories

1. Schoolbag - An online publication by MOE. Useful repository of  education news, school features and tips.

2. #ITEproud - Stories featuring students from ITE who have overcome the odds to achieve success