Annual Infographic on Usage of National Manpower, Training and Upgrading Schemes
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Summary
This question concerns MP Patrick Tay Teck Guan's inquiry on whether the Ministry would issue annual infographics to update individuals and companies on their usage of national training and manpower schemes. Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung replied that agencies already promote these programmes through industry associations and unions. He highlighted the upcoming MySkillsFuture portal for Singaporeans to monitor their SkillsFuture Credit usage and the SkillsFuture Advice for Individuals programme for community-level guidance. He also noted that programmes like the SkillsFuture SME Mentors encourage employers to invest in human capital development. Ultimately, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung stated that individualized annual updates are not planned because schemes are constantly evolving and existing outreach is comprehensive.
Transcript
31 Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) whether the Ministry will consider issuing an infographic annually to update individuals and companies of their usage of national manpower, training and upgrading schemes and subsidies, such as those under Adapt and Grow and SkillsFuture.
Mr Ong Ye Kung: Agencies, such as SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and Workforce Singapore (WSG), actively promote their schemes and programmes to encourage take-up. They do so with the help of industry associations and unions. We also encourage employers to invest in the workforce, and to build companies' capabilities to invest in human capital development. This is done through programmes, such as the SkillsFuture Leadership Development Initiative, and the SkillsFuture Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Mentors programme.
Later this year, we will launch the MySkillsFuture portal to empower Singaporeans to chart their own career and learning pathways. Individuals will be able to use MySkillsFuture to regularly check on their usage of their SkillsFuture Credit. We will also be launching the SkillsFuture Advice for Individuals programme to provide advice at the community level on how Singaporeans can benefit from the different SkillsFuture and Adapt and Grow programmes.
Given the various outreach efforts, and that the schemes are constantly evolving, we do not plan to issue individualised updates on annual utilisation of such programmes. However, we certainly hope that individuals and companies take an active interest in upgrading themselves and leverage the various programmes and schemes available.