New national centre to help local firms develop in-house trainers

Singapore

A NEW centre will serve as the national institute for workplace trainers, helping local firms develop their own groups of certified instructors.

Education Minister Ong Ye Kung, who made the announcement on Monday, said having employers train their own workers is "the most important aspect of lifelong learning".

He added that learning on the job becomes the best avenue for upgrading one's skills and knowledge after the formal education system.

Called the National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning (Nace), the new institute aims to help more than 1,000 companies - particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises - build their workplace …