Education & Career Guidance
Learn how Education and Career Guidance helps students discover their purpose and plan for the future.
Education and Career Guidance (ECG) helps students to develop a sense of purpose in life. By nurturing self-awareness and self-directedness for lifelong learning, ECG helps students to develop a growth mindset, adaptability and a resilient attitude to embrace future opportunities and appreciate the value of all occupations.
The ECG Developmental Model
The ECG Developmental Model (see Figure 1) is a framework that guides schools in programming developmentally appropriate ECG activities for students at different levels. The model highlights education and career development as a process that takes place over one’s life span, with three progressive emphases of Awareness, Exploration and Planning. Awareness, Exploration and Planning are necessary for all levels of students. However, there are different emphases at the different levels to meet varying developmental needs.
The emphasis in Secondary School is in the Exploration stage which includes:
a) Awareness of skills, interests and values.
b) Awareness of relevant courses of study and educational pathways.
c) Exploring the world of work.
The goals of ECG (see Figure 2) are to support students in:
Discovering purpose - Who am I?
Nurture students' self-awareness to support them in discovering how they can meaningfully play a part in their community.Exploring opportunities - Where do I want to go?
Develop students' self-directedness and confidence to explore and leverage education and career opportunities while respecting the value of all occupations.Staying relevant - How do I get there?
Build students' adaptability and resilience to embrace the need for lifelong learning.
ECG @ NAS
ECG Counselling @ NAS
Equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills, our ECG Counsellor, Ms Chew Mei-Lin Stacy supports and guides students in making informed plans and decisions for their education and career through individual and group counselling or coaching sessions and workshops.
Students who would like to explore their subject choices, ask about post-secondary education options, or find out more about their career interests, strengths and passions can make an appointment to meet our ECG Counsellor.
An appointment can be made with the ECG Counsellor via email at chew_mei_lin_stacy@moe.edu.sg
Please note that the ECG Counsellor is at NASS every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 am to 5 pm.
ECG Resources
My SkillsFuture portal
Learn about the key features in the MySkillsFuture (opens in new tab) Student Portals across the different levels and how your child can use the various portals for education and career planning.
Journeying with Our Children, Supporting Their Aspirations (opens in new tab) – Pick up tips and advice on ECG and related considerations at key education stages to guide your child.
What's Next – Use this resource to support your child's decision-making process at their key education stages.
For N-Level students (opens in new tab)
For O-Level students (opens in new tab)Pathway Navigator (MySkillsFuture Student Portal) (opens in new tab)
The interactive tool is a student’s guide in exploring their education pathways from primary school to post-secondary education institutions. Find out how to use the interactive tool here (opens in new tab).ECG Instagram @explore.ecg (opens in new tab)
An Instagram account on ECG for parents to encourage ongoing parent-child ECG conversations about discovering purpose, exploring opportunities and staying relevant for the future.