We are constantly being fed the message that it's our responsibility to upgrade our skills and make sure we don't become obsolete. If our careers stagnate or we get retrenched, the onus is on us to ...

SINGAPORE — Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Monday (Feb 24) that he will not be prejudging Singaporeans who use SkillsFuture credits for courses that might appear to be leisure-related. Mr Ong ...

Introduced in Budget 2015, SkillsFuture is a government initative that aims to encourage lifelong learning among all adult Singaporeans in order to ensure that our population continuously develop the ...

SINGAPORE — Whenever her air-conditioning unit broke down, Dr Chua Yen Ping used to wonder what needed to be fixed when the repair man could solve her woes in just minutes. So the 48-year-old ...

On 25 January 2023, I became part of a growing club of laid-off workers, joining the ranks of the 1,270 and counting employees who were abruptly and unexpectedly made redundant in the final quarter of ...

SINGAPORE - Introduced in 2015, the SkillsFuture national movement aims to build a culture of skills development and lifelong learning. All Singaporeans aged 25 and above receive an opening credit of ...

The one-off S$500 SkillsFuture Credits (SFC) top-up expires on 31 Dec 2025. It was introduced on 1 Oct of this year and, unlike the non-expiring SkillsFuture Credits, must be used to purchase a course ...

ASKED if the new SkillsFuture training allowance may be too low for white-collar workers, Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah said it should not be “so large that it becomes a disincentive to ...

SINGAPORE - About 540,000 Singaporeans benefited from initiatives supported by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) last year, 40,000 more than in 2019. The number of enterprises that benefited remained ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, the SkillsFuture Festival 2024 runs from 9 Jul to 21 Aug at various venues islandwide. Expect an exciting lineup of ...