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Mastering Future Skills

SkillsFuture announces its line-up of members, with two representatives from the Labour Movement.
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07 Nov 2014
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By Ramesh Subbaraman

Singapore’s SkillsFuture Council, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Tharman Shanmugaratnam, announced  its members and the directions it will be taking over the next few years to develop an integrated system of education, training and career progression for all Singaporeans.

NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say and President of the Healthcare Services Employees’ Union K Thanaletchimi are part of the 25 members on the SkillsFuture Council, with the rest made up of Ministers, employers and industry leaders.

SkillsFuture priorities

Outlining the Council’s priorities, DPM Tharman said: “Our future must be about mastery of skills, in every job and enabling every Singaporean to develop themselves to the fullest. We are going to put full effort into this, and it involves everyone – Government, employers, unions and all of us as individuals.”

There will be a four-prong approach to achieve the vision:

# Help individuals make well-informed choices in education, training and careers.

# Develop an integrated, high-quality system of education and training that responds to constantly evolving industry needs.

# Promote  employer recognition and career development based on skills and mastery.

# Foster a culture that supports and celebrates lifelong learning.

Unionist and Council member K Thanaletchimi, shared NTUC’s role on the SkillsFuture Council,

"The role of the Union is to reflect the workers viewpoints, sentiments and issues or barriers pertaining to skills upgrading opportunities for career advancement and progresison as well as the ability to be adaptable to the various pathways of acquiring new skills nd mastery. We need to know in which sector what types of jobs are in demand so that we can anticipate, place and train workers for those jobs in those industry sectors"

(Look out for more details on the SkillsFuture Council and NTUC's role in NTUC This Week edition of 16 November 2014. .

   

   

 

 

 

 

(Look out for more details on the SkillsFuture Council and NTUC’s role in NTUC This Week edition of 16 November 2014)

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