Education and Career Guidance (ECG)

Education and Career Guidance (ECG) is about equipping students with the necessary knowledge, skills and values to make informed decisions at each key education stage for successful transition from school to further education or work, and hence to manage their career pathways and lifelong learning throughout their lives. Through ECG, social emotional competencies and qualities of proactivity, adaptability and resilience are developed to prepare students for the 21st Century.

Goals of ECG

The goals of ECG are to:

nurture students’ self-awareness, self-directedness and life skills for continuous learning and training; (Skills)
enable students to explore viable education and career options through the provision of accurate and comprehensive information; (Knowledge)
inculcate an appreciation for the value of all occupations and how they contribute to the well-functioning of society; (Mindsets) and
equip students with skills and means to positively engage their parents and other career influencers (Engaging the community).

ECG @ Horizon

In Horizon Primary School, students are given opportunities to learn about educational pathways beyond primary schools. This is done through various platforms:

SkillsFuture Portal Lessons
During these lessons, students explore the portal to find out about educational pathways available. With this information, students can better decide on the paths they want to pursue.

ECG Bazaar

Booths manned by student representatives of different secondary schools to showcase their schools’ events and programmes are put up to provide students with enriching experiences to find out more about their next phase in their educational pathway.