Effectiveness of SkillsFuture Credit and SkillsFuture Programmes in Delivering Employment Outcomes

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Shawn Loh, Jalan Besar GRC

Question

To ask the Minister for Education (a) what proportion of courses taken in 2024 with support from SkillsFuture Credits have had direct relevance to the respective individuals' ongoing or future areas of employment; and (b) whether the Ministry has considered introducing conditions for the use of Credits to ensure such relevance, such as requiring courses to be recommended by Government-appointed Skills Development Partners.

Response

1. Mr Speaker, I invite the Member to refer to MOE’s response to Question Numbers 40 and 41, filed by the Member for written answer in the Order Paper for 5 November 2025, where MOE has addressed this issue in detail. But I will provide some further details, specific to the question that Mr Shawn Loh has also filed for today.
2. There are conditions imposed on the types of courses that the SkillsFuture Credit can be used for, to ensure that the courses taken meet our policy intent. For example, the $4,000 SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career) top-up targets mid-careerists aged 40 and above, and can only be used for curated courses with stronger employment objectives. On the other hand, immediate relevance to employment is not the objective of the opening SkillsFuture Credit of $500, which is intended to encourage lifelong learning and skills development across different life stages. Overall, across SSG-supported training, 8 in 10 learners find the course content relevant to their work.