Chan Chun Sing on continuous learning to sharpen adult skills
Singapore’s improvements are encouraging over the two cycles of testing in the Survey of Adult Skills under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Singapore takes part in PIAAC to help gauge its progress in adult continuous learning. However, the skills assessed are not the only ones that affect the employability of the local workforce. Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said this in reply to Parliamentary questions on Wednesday (Jan 8) on the recent results which indicate a decline in English literacy skills among older workers in Singapore. Mr Chan said there are other metrics that measure the competitiveness of the workforce, such as the employment rate, number of companies that continue to invest good jobs in Singapore and whether workers continue to command good wages.
Singapore’s improvements are encouraging over the two cycles of testing in the Survey of Adult Skills under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Singapore takes part in PIAAC to help gauge its progress in adult continuous learning. However, the skills assessed are not the only ones that affect the employability of the local workforce. Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said this in reply to Parliamentary questions on Wednesday (Jan 8) on the recent results which indicate a decline in English literacy skills among older workers in Singapore. Mr Chan said there are other metrics that measure the competitiveness of the workforce, such as the employment rate, number of companies that continue to invest good jobs in Singapore and whether workers continue to command good wages.
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