Up to S$200m boost for NTUC education fund

A tie-up with NTU will help mid-career workers acquire new skills

Lee U-Wen

Published Sun, May 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

THE labour movement in Singapore wants to inject up to S$200 million more into its Education and Training Fund to help mid-career working adults pick up new skills at a university.

For a start, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has joined forces with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - the first such tie-up between the labour movement and an institute of higher learning - to reach out to 30,000 such workers every year.

This was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the May Day Rally on Sunday, as he underscored the need to help the growing PMET group - professionals, managers, executives and tech…