Debated in Parliament on 7 Aug 2024.
Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Minister for Education (a) in each year since 2020, what percentage of individuals who attended training programmes supported by SkillsFuture Singapore were unemployed; and (b) what percentage of these individuals managed to find a job within the next six months (i) in the industry of their previous employment and (ii) in a new industry respectively.
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) supports a range of training programmes to upskill and reskill workers across different career stages. Unemployed individuals, in particular, can benefit from SSG's train-and-place programmes that provide industry-oriented training alongside employment facilitation services.
From 2020 to 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, these programmes took the form of the SGUnited Skills and the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways – Company Training. More than 60% of individuals who participated in the SGUnited programmes found new jobs within six months of course completion.
The SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme (SCTP) was launched in April 2022 to succeed the SGUnited programmes. SCTP targets individuals who are interested to transition into sectors with good hiring opportunities, regardless of their employment status. We do not have complete data on how many SCTP trainees were unemployed. As of December 2023, over 54% of SCTP trainees found new jobs within six months of course completion.
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