Singapore Dsta Partners Tender

The Defence Science and Technology Agency DSTA will collaborate with the five Polytechnics - Nanyang Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic Republic Polytechnic Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic to jointly develop curricula designed to train and equip students with relevant skills to kickstart a career in technology and engineering.Individual Memorandums of Understanding MOU were signed by DSTA Chief Executive Mr Tan Peng Yam and the respective Polytechnic Principals Deputy Principals at the DSTA Integrated Complex on 31 July 2018.The agreements share common objectives of boosting local polytechnic students exposure and knowledge in fast-growing fields of technologies ranging from Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Data Science and Analytics to Automation and Robotics as well as Systems Engineering and Systems Management. Under the new partnerships DSTA will work with each of the Polytechnics on a diverse range of training modes including curriculum development internships hackathons and adjunct lecturing by DSTA engineers. These will augment the Polytechnics practicebased learning approach.Mr Tan said The collaborations will give us a great opportunity to work with the Polytechnics and students in diverse engineering disciplines and help make engineering education a more attractive and exciting choice through hands-on experiences. Students could look forward to taking on real-world challenges and gaining new skills. The partnerships also offer new opportunities for DSTA and the Polytechnics to co-create novel solutions.