Strategies to Support SMEs Participation in GRaduate Industry Traineeships Programme

71 Ms Elysa Chen asked the Minister for Manpower what strategies and support mechanisms is Workforce Singapore implementing to ensure that small and medium enterprises which may lack economies of scale or the necessary training infrastructure are able to successfully host trainees under the GRaduate Industry Traineeships (GRIT) Programme.

Dr Tan See Leng: The main purpose of the GRaduate Industry Traineeship (GRIT) programme is to help fresh graduates gain high-quality work experience to support their employability. Hence, we prioritise companies' ability to deliver good training for graduates when selecting host organisations for GRIT. Workforce Singapore has worked with sector agencies to curate host organisations for the programme, based on their track record of hiring and training locals. These could include small and medium enterprises if they can meet the programme requirements.