Summarized from ST
07 March 2015
SINGAPORE – In the second half of this year, Singaporeans can choose from a range of 200 bite-sized, modular courses offered by the universities and another 100 run by the five polytechnics.
Among the courses are digital forensics by Singapore Polytechnic and counselling and coaching by Republic Polytechnic. Nanyang Technological University will run a course on naval architecture and marine engineering, while SIM University will offer one on functional genomics, which is the study of genes and how they affect the working of the body.
Participants, aged 40 and above, will receive government subsidies that cover at least 90 per cent of the cost of courses funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE) at universities, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education.
The national training body, Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), will pay up to 90 per cent of skills upgrading course fees.
They can use their SkillsFuture Credits – the cash grants that Singaporeans aged 25 and above will receive from next year – to offset the remaining fees.