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SkillsFuture Singapore

Forum: Skills push already shifting towards credible validation

Forum: Skills push should include real work exposure

I learnt more from Xiaohongshu than from years of online courses

Xiaohongshu offers something unique: lifestyle-embedded learning. On this platform, there are no credentials, structured curricula or completion requirements – just learning that fits into the fragments of your day.
Xiaohongshu offers something unique: lifestyle-embedded learning. On this platform, there are no credentials, structured curricula or completion requirements – just learning that fits into the fragments of your day.

Forum: Adult learning should be serious, but not overly daunting

A skills-first Singapore needs a rethink of assessments, not just more certificates

With good design, we can keep assessments from becoming an arms race and position them as a shared map for growth for employers and candidates, says the writer.
With good design, we can keep assessments from becoming an arms race and position them as a shared map for growth for employers and candidates, says the writer.

Forum: AI and job postings data studied for upskilling and workplace training insights

AI gender gap at work: Are women being left behind in Singapore’s AI push?

Industry leaders (clockwise from top left) Soo Mei May, Camellia Chan, Monica Divik Agarwal, Yap E Fang, Anupama Kannan and Tien Nguyet Long are working to close the AI gender gap.
Industry leaders (clockwise from top left) Soo Mei May, Camellia Chan, Monica Divik Agarwal, Yap E Fang, Anupama Kannan and Tien Nguyet Long are working to close the AI gender gap.

Workers in skilled trades set to receive more career help from MOM, starting with electricians

A new pilot is in the works to provide more structured career and skills progression ladder, and apprenticeships for electricians.
A new pilot is in the works to provide more structured career and skills progression ladder, and apprenticeships for electricians.

Singapore’s AI push needs a defensive shield to protect workers

While Singapore invests heavily in helping businesses deploy AI, it offers inadequate protection for the workers who are most exposed to AI-driven displacement.
While Singapore invests heavily in helping businesses deploy AI, it offers inadequate protection for the workers who are most exposed to AI-driven displacement.

Commentary

Budget 2026: Singapore’s SkillsFuture reset must go beyond just AI readiness

PM Lawrence Wong announced during Budget 2026 that Workforce Singapore and SkillsFuture Singapore would be merged into a single agency overseeing skills training, career guidance and job matching services.
PM Lawrence Wong announced during Budget 2026 that Workforce Singapore and SkillsFuture Singapore would be merged into a single agency overseeing skills training, career guidance and job matching services.

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