Raffles Education Corporation, the regional private education provider, says it has tied up with ITE Education Services to conduct ITE-certified courses.

Raffles Education says a pilot training institute will be established at Oriental University City (OUC) in Langfang, China, to roll out these ITE-certified vocational courses.

The range of courses offered will include Electronics and Infocommunications Technology, Nursing, Hair Fashion and Culinary Skills.

The first intake of students at OUC is expected to start classes in July. The teaching faculty will be from Raffles Education Corp while ITE will grade the examinations and award the certifications.

The establishment of this new vocational training centre at Langfang is not expected to have a material impact on the FY2010 financial results of the group.