$2.5 billion to be invested on Workers Training
Written by David Chua
Photo by Richard Foo, on Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Nc-Nd 2.0.
That’s how much the government is going to set aside to spur employee training for the next 5 years, Minister for Manpower, Gan Kim Yong, said in response to a question by MP Ho Geok Choo, during the recent Parliament session.
Besides expressing the government’s continual support for workers’ upgrading, tax-relief from approved Continuing Education and Training (CET) course fees for individuals will also be increased from $3,500 to $5,500.
Read more about the changes here.
