Life-long learning subsidy totals S$400m a year

Education Minister Ong Ye Kung also says that 40% of the amount goes to individual-initiated training

Lee U-Wen

Published Tue, Jan 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

THE government provides about S$400 million each year in direct training subsidies for lifelong learning, with up to 40 per cent of that amount going towards supporting training that's initiated by individuals.

The money comes from the Ministry of Education and one of its statutory boards, SkillsFuture Singapore, said Education Minister (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung in parliament on Tuesday.

He was responding to queries by West Coast GRC MP Foo Mee Har, who wanted to know the progress made by Singapore companies' investment in sk…