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About 560,000 people took part in initiatives supported by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) in 2022, including more than 192,000 people who spent their SkillsFuture Credit.
This is a drop from the 660,000 overall participation figure in 2021, which includes some 247,000 people who claimed from SkillsFuture Credit on eligible courses.
The fall was expected, SSG said in a release on Thursday, given the extensive training support programmes introduced in 2021 to help Singaporeans tide through the pandemic.
As a result, the year registered the highest annual figures for individuals and enterprises taking part in SSG-supported initiatives, according to the statutory board.
Still, overall participation in 2022 was higher than the 540,000 in 2020 and 500,000 in 2019, before the pandemic began.
Courses related to skills in the IT, food and beverage and security sectors saw the highest demand among Singaporeans who used their SkillsFuture Credit.
Of the approximately 58,000 trainees surveyed by SSG, 97 per cent indicated that they could perform better at work after undergoing courses supported by SSG.
The Straits Times
