18 February 2022
Universities in Singapore should do more for their graduates and aim to retrain about half a million adult learners each year, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing.
Singapore’s higher educational institutions must focus their efforts on continual learning, build connections with others, and have confidence in charting their own path.
Learning should take place throughout a person’s life and universities must be places that people regularly return to.
Topping up the knowledge and skills of people as they take on new jobs every four to five years would mean upgrading about a quarter of around three million locals in Singapore’s workforce each year, Mr Chan added.