SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy

25/02/2015

SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy

Greater Support For Workforce To Deepen Skills Through Continual Learning

1. In line with the objectives of SkillsFuture to support and encourage lifelong learning and help Singapore Citizens (SCs) stay responsive to a changing workplace, and in recognition that mid-career individuals may face greater challenges in undertaking training, the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) will implement enhanced course subsidies for mid-career individuals from 1 October 2015. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Chairman of SkillsFuture Council, at the Singapore Budget 2015.

2. With effect from 1 October 2015, SCs aged 40 and above will enjoy enhanced subsidies of up to 90% of course fees for WDA-supported certifiable courses. (shown in Table 1). More than 8,000 courses will be eligible for the enhanced subsidies (see Table 1).

Table 1: Eligible Courses

Eligible Courses	Targeted at Rank-and-File Level	Targeted at Professionals, Managers & Executives (PME) Level
Courses offered by WDA-appointed Continuing Education and Training (CET) Centres	Up to 90% of course fees
Certifiable Courses approved by WDA	Up to 90% of course fees, capped at $25/hour	Up to 90% of course fees, capped at $50/hour

3. Eligible individuals under the Workfare Training Support Scheme will continue to receive 95% course fee funding support.

Table 2: Summary of WDA Course Fee Subsidies Effective 1 October 2015

Eligible Courses	All Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents	Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) -sponsored Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents	Singapore Citizens aged ≥ 40 years	Singapore Citizens aged ≥ 35 years and earning ≤ $1,900/month
Courses offered by WDA-appointed CET Centres	Up to 90% for Rank-and-File (RF) level courses Up to 70% for PME level courses	Up to 90%	Up to 90%	95%
Certifiable Courses approved by WDA	Up to 80%, capped at $17/hour for Rank and File level courses Up to 50%, capped at $15/hour for PME courses	Up to 90%, capped at $25/hour for RF courses and $50/hour for PME courses	Up to 90%, capped at $25/hour for RF courses and $50/hour for PME courses	95%

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¹For purposes of illustration, a part-time diploma typically requires about 900 hours of training, delivered through 5 modular certificates (each modular certificate comprises about 3 modules), while a single module covered by a modular course at diploma level can be completed in 30 to 60 hours.

²For postgraduate level courses, only postgraduate degree by coursework programmes are eligible for the enhanced subsidies.

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