Written Answer to PQ on Impact of On-the-Job Training
NOTICE PAPER NO. 722 OF 2026 FOR SITTING ON 8 APRIL 2026
QUESTION NO 1347 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
MP: Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song
To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) in each of the last 10 years, what is (i) the total amount disbursed from the Skills Development Fund to provide subsidies for in-house On-the-Job Training (OJT) and (ii) the total number of workers and companies that benefited; and (b) whether the Ministry has plans to increase OJT funding to address skills gaps and manpower shortages in local enterprises.
Answer:
Since 2019, the Government has spent close to $1 billion from the Skills Development Fund (SDF) and other funding sources to support broad-based training programmes with on-the-job training (OJT) components, such as Career Conversion Programmes (CCPs), SkillsFuture Work-Study Programmes as well as training and consultancy services provided under the National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning (NACE). Data prior to 2019 is unavailable. These efforts have benefitted more than 70,000 workers and 20,000 companies. The annual breakdown of funding and number of beneficiaries are provided in Table 1. The Government is prepared to continue expanding support for OJT to meet the training needs of enterprises and help workers develop industry-relevant skills.
Table 1: Funding and number of beneficiaries for CCPs, SkillsFuture Work-Study Programmes and NACE, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2025
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Notes:
- The amount disbursed is rounded to the nearest million and the number of beneficiaries is rounded to the nearest hundred.
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Amount disbursed includes funding from SDF and other funding sources to support Government upskilling and reskilling programmes that support OJT.
- The number of companies that benefitted from SkillsFuture Work-Study Programmes and number of workers who benefitted under NACE are not available in FY2019 and FY2020, and are therefore excluded from Table 1.
- FY2025 figures are incomplete and will be higher once the full data is available.