ITE College Central

🏆 Overall Winners of the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore Sustainability Hackathon 2026!

Huge congratulations to Team HeatSync consisting of Aida Binte Kamalludin, Cecilia Ang Jia Ning and Muhammad Aqil Khaleeq for clinching the top spot among 25 teams at the hackathon. 💯

Over an intensive two months, the team developed a community cooling solution using terracotta, passive airflow, greenery and kinetic play to reimagine public spaces as heat adaptation hubs. From 3D-printed prototypes to hand-crafted terracotta models and AI-generated visualisations, the team brought their vision to life. 🤩

They are year 1 students from our School of Design and Media's Interior & Product Design course. Their achievement is a testament to their creativity, resilience, teamwork and commitment to addressing real-world sustainability challenges through design.🥇

A heartfelt shoutout to mentors Mr Sean and Mr Indra for their dedication and guidance throughout the journey. This win is yours too! 👏

Their project will also be on public display at Temasek Shophouse this October. 🌿

Photo credit: Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore, Mr Sean and Mr Indra

The ignITE Skills Challenge 2026 has officially concluded with an exciting finale held at ITE College East today! 🔥

Now in its 10th edition, the annual competition saw its highest-ever participation, with a record 1,962 secondary school students signing up to explore their interests, discover new skills, and tackle exciting real-world challenges 👏 Across themes ranging from Agility IgnITEd – Human Science & Wellness Innovation, Sustainability IgnITEd – Greenovation & Sustainable Design and Technology IgnITEd – Technology & Intelligent System, students demonstrated incredible creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills throughout the competition.

We were honoured to have Dr Syed Harun Alhabsyi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education & National Development, as our Guest-of-Honour. During his inspiring speech, he reminded us, "The value of this experience lies not in the final outcomes, but also in the process — the way you experimented, adapted to constraints, collaborated as teams, and learnt from failures."

A huge congratulations to all participants and finalists for giving it your best! 🏅 And a special mention to this year’s Overall Champion, Spectra Secondary School, for clinching the Champion Trophy with the highest medal tally 🏆👏

Thank you to all students, teachers, partners, and supporters for making the ignITE Skills Challenge 2026 a memorable success.✨

THE FINALS ARE TOMORROW! After weeks of workshops, challenges, and fierce competition, the IgnITE Skills Challenge 2026 Finals are finally here 🔥🏆

From March 23 to April 3, participants engaged in exciting workshop trainings designed to make learning fun, hands-on, and memorable, giving them the skills and confidence needed to take on their chosen challenges.

Then came the preliminary rounds from April 13 to 16, where students pushed their creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities to the next level for a coveted spot in the finals 👏

And this year? We have the highest ever number of participants: 1,962 secondary school students signed up across 17 Skills Challenges! 🎉

To make things even more exciting, 9 NEW challenges debuted this year:
⚡ Biomechanics in Motion – Optimising Sports Performance
⚡ DermaRouge plus
⚡ Edible Ecofloat
⚡ HydroMotion: Green Grand Prix
⚡ PowerPlay: Fitness Data Quest
⚡ Re-ignITE Our Community Lah!
⚡ Speed Coding with Micro:bit
⚡ Trash to Trend: You Nailed it!
⚡ The Gripper X Innovation Quest

Tomorrow, finalists will go head-to-head for the top spots, with trophies and medals awaiting the top 3 teams from each challenge 🥇🏅 The ultimate prize? The Champion Trophy for the school with the strongest overall performance 👑

Which challenge are you most excited to see at the finals? 👀🔥

We’re delighted to share that Team Coolnected has been awarded 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 in the Budding Youths Track at the 𝗛𝘂𝗮𝘄𝗲𝗶 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝟰𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Competing alongside teams from NUS, Republic Polytechnic, SIM and NUS Medicine, our students demonstrated thoughtful problem-solving and strong teamwork throughout the competition. 🌱✨

Our heartfelt congratulations go to Eng Kai Yang, Mohammad Harith Bin Shaez, Theodore Chen Jian Fu and Zonia Lit Zhou Wai from Higher Nitec in Electronics Engineering, together with staff mentors Alex Low, Daryl Lua, Chu Yew Seng and Teo Joo Hang, whose guidance and dedication played a key role in this achievement.

Their winning project — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 — was developed by ITE students in partnership with ChengSan Community Club. This IoT-based solution addresses challenges faced by community fridges, such as unauthorised access, food waste and uneven distribution. Through EZ-Link smart access, sensors, cloud data, electronic locks and CCTV monitoring, the team created a practical, community-centred system to support households in need. ❄️🤝

We’re proud of the team’s commitment to using technology for the good of the community. 💙