With
the importance of the electronic space, information is transmitted at a very
rapid pace .On top of that, new inventions and innovations in the electronic
space are occurring concurrently.
No
longer does business go through the traditional brick and mortar concept.
In the past 2 years, e-commerce has
been growing at an exponential rate internationally!
For
a country to stay competitive, its people must be savvy enough to keep up with
this new technology .In this new era, this lack of training indefinitely has
negative impacts on Singapore economy.
According
to Dr Lee Boon Yang (at the launch of the Singapore learning logo at the Bukit
Merah Skills Development center on March 29, 2000)
“
Not since the industrial revolution has the world seen such massive changes
taking place at such a rapid pace”
In
a recent global survey conducted by Angus Reid, a Vancouver-based global market
and social research company, Singapore is the second highest Internet user among
developing countries and the 10th in the world list of Internet
usage. In fact, it further concluded that every third adult Singaporean has
access to the Net.
It
is time to rethink alternatives to the so-called North American way, which sees
that connecting to the Net through modem is the way the Web will continue to
develop.
Thus
3 years is too long the transition between learning with skills being obsolete
in a matter of months. Within months, you can see new upgraded versions of your
web browsers, improved Internet connection speeds, new products in the market,
thus the mindset of the aging population must change.
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