- The SkillsFuture initiative was launched in 2015 to promote lifelong learning and encourage people to learn new skills
- Training participation rate has improved from 35 per cent to 50 per cent, with Singaporeans taking courses as diverse as flower arrangement, folk dancing and people management
- On Feb 16, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced new moves seen to be aimed at taking SkillsFuture to the next level
- The measures seek to nudge workers to take SkillsFuture programmes that are more closely related to work skills and lead to better employability outcomes
- Workers, businesses and human resource experts whom TODAY spoke to speak of challenges in tapping SkillsFuture courses and skills training, and suggest ways to improve
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