SINGAPORE’S ELP GIVES DIPLOMA AND TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE HOLDERS A HEAD START
August 1st, 2016
A WORK-study programme launched in Singapore last year (2015) is picking up pace with the scheme now covering 21 sectors, from an initial seven. Singapore’s Earn and Learn Programme (ELP) is one of various schemes launched as part of SkillsFuture, a national initiative aimed at fostering a culture of lifelong learning and skills mastery within the city state.
Commenting on the response to the scheme, a spokesperson for Singapore’s Workforce Development Authority (WDA) said that the “WDA met its target of 150 placements in 2015”. Working in collaboration ...
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