Officially opened in September 2006, the Home Team Academy (HTA) is one of the seven departments of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Currently Chief Executive Derek Pereira heads the Academy with two other Deputies in charge of Training & Development and Administration.
The Academy has three operating Centres: Strategic Affairs, Joint Training and Corporate Services. Each Centre is headed by a Director and staffed by a mix of Home Team (HT) uniformed and civilian staff.
| Primary Objectives of the Academy |
· Through core programmes like the HT Basic and Advanced Courses and the HT Senior Command and Staff Course, HTA aims to provide centralised training within distinctive subjects. These subjects include Homefront Security, Joint Operations and Crisis Leadership
· HTA provides leadership and guidance for its instructors and instructional development. It manages a variety of courses like instructional design, methodology and assessment
· Collaborating with HT and its external partners, the Academy also runs needs driven, specialised courses.
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HTA maintains a central awareness over the training of co-located, satellite and off-campus training institutions. This helps to facilitate cross sharing of expertise and knowledge amongst HT Departments. Currently, the Academy shares its premises with three other autonomous HT Department schools – the Police Training Command, Prison Staff Training School and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority Training School. While the Internal Security Department and Central Narcotics Bureau run satellite schools outside, they have training officers situated within the Academy. Although located off-campus, The Civil Defence Academy also conducts some of their training in HTA.