2023 ASRJC JC1 H1 Promo

© ASRJC 8843/JC1 Promotional Examination/2023 [Turn over ECONOMICS 8843/01 Paper 1 25 September 2023 Additional Materials: Writing paper 2 hours 5 mins READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write down your name and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. Begin your answer to Question 1 and Question 2 separately on a fresh sheet of writing paper. At the end of the examination, fasten your answers to Question 1 and Question 2 separately. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Name: ________________________________ Class: 24 / _____ This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. ANDERSON SERANGOON JUNIOR COLLEGE JC1 PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION Higher 1 Question Number Marks Awarded 1 /40 2 /10 TOTAL /50

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3 © ASRJC 8843/JC1 Promotional Examination/2023 [Turn over Answer all questions. Question 1: Lifelong Learning Extract 1: Refreshed SkillsFuture courses from 2023 Digitalisation left its impact on all kinds of industries - for instance, retail outlets have been deeply affected by the emergence of e-commerce websites. To boost productivity and improve cost efficiency, banks are using technology to perform back end tasks and software is also being used to run routine operations and processes. Riding on the post-Covid-19 wave, digital economy jobs and skills continue to see high demand. In particular, software development skills see the highest demand growth and high transferability. More job roles will require skills in e-commerce and digital marketing as well as artificial intelligence, data and analytics. This is because Singapore’s growth in e-commerce sales is expected to reach S$19.6 billion by 2027. The government agency that is driving the national movement to promote a culture of adult lifelong learning is refreshing its SkillsFuture course offerings, in areas like software development, from next year. Associate Professor Guan Chong, deputy director from the Centre for Continuing and Professional Education at Singapore University of Social Sciences, said that bite-sized, just-in-time training coupled with workplace learning would work well for talents with highly “adjacent skills”. Adapted from: todayonline.com, 22nd November 2022 Extract 2: Equipping, empowering and assuring workers One way to promote lifelong learning is through adult education. Adult education specifically targets individuals wh