SkillsFuture helps older workers close skills gaps, says Chan Chun Sing

The Straits Times

10 Dec 2024

SINGAPORE – Older cohorts of students did not have the opportunities that the education system now offers, said Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing. Younger Singaporeans have benefited from ...

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The study of adult skills was conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 31 countries from 2022 to 2023.\nA total of 5,011 participants in Singapore were tested on how they applied literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem-solving skills in situations that they might experience in daily life.\n\n\n\nWhile younger Singaporean adults scored above the OECD average, the older generation lagged behind, with below-average performance. This was especially so among those aged 55 to 65. \n\nAlthough Singapore, alongside Finland, showed the most improvement in numeracy, gaps in proficiency were observed among different age and educational levels.\nSkillsFuture Singapore said that in order to meet the needs of Singaporeans and close these gaps, the Government will continue to provide support for all Singaporeans to learn throughout life with various programmes.\nThese include broad-based support such as the SkillsFuture Credit for Singaporeans who are at least 25 years old, and the SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme for mid-career Singaporeans aged 40 and older to pursue substantive training. \n\n\n\nUnder the latter, older workers got a $4,000 SkillsFuture Credit top-up in May 2024 for training courses with better employability outcomes. From the 2025 academic year, they will also be given subsidies to pursue another full-time diploma at polytechnics, the Institute of Technical Education or arts institutions.\nThis is in addition to a monthly training allowance for two years of up to $3,000 when they enrol in selected full-time courses from 2025 to partially offset income loss from taking time off work.\nSubstantial age-related skill losses after the age of 35 were observed when the performance of adults born in the same years were compared between the current study and an earlier edition done between 2014 and 2015.\nFor Singapore, literacy proficiency was observed to be falling sooner, on a cohort basis, than in other OECD countries as people got older.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Christine Goh, a language education expert from the National Institute of Education, said literacy in this current age should be perceived more broadly than in the past, to include competencies that go beyond printed text. \n“Singapore’s emphasis on multi-literacies (the ability to interpret various text types) is keeping pace with international thinking on what it means to be literate today,” she said.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore On This Topic\n\n \n\nSingapore improves in OECD ranking of adult skills, but atrophy in literacy a concern\n\n\n\n \n\nSkillsFuture will help S’poreans seize new opportunities as lifespans lengthen: PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor working adults who have left the formal education system, she suggested providing incentives for small groups to be formed at work and in the community to promote reading among busy professionals to maintain their literacy skills.\nMulti-modal text – which combines print, images and sounds – may also be easier to process, and can help build and sustain a desire to read long after individuals have finished schooling.\nProf Goh added that Singapore can also look to countries such as Finland and Japan to study the reading habits of adults there.\n“One possible practice in these countries is that adults continue to read texts that are longer and more complex, such as novels, as well as hobby and professional magazines.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaking to The Straits Times on Dec 3, Mr Chan said it would be useful for Singapore to learn from Switzerland, where the mental model is to prepare oneself for the next 10 years.\nHe noted that a majority of Swiss students attend trade schools and undergo apprenticeships instead of heading to university, and trade schools there have achieved “a certain momentum in their lifelong learning and upgrading”.\n“We have done a lot, but we still need to do some more to institute that kind of culture,” he said. “And it’s both an individual responsibility and an organisational responsibility.”\n\n\n\n\n\nMore On This Topic\n\n \n\naskST: How can mid-career workers use the $4,000 SkillsFuture credit top-up?  \n\n\n\n \n\n690,000 Singaporeans have used $500 SkillsFuture Credit top-up, which expires end-2025","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1}}}