Gan Siow Huang on fixing grant and levy lapses for SkillsFuture Singapore
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) takes the lapses identified by the Auditor-General's Office seriously and will do more to enhance its processes, policies and systems, said Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang. Replying to Parliamentary questions on Monday (Aug 1), she said the issue of overpayment in grant disbursement was mainly due to inaccurate or erroneous declarations by grant applicants and training providers that were not picked up by SSG's internal checks. SSG has contacted all affected training providers, companies and individuals to recover the money. To reduce reliance on declarations and manual processing, SSG is using a new IT system and streamlining its business rules. Turning to the under-collection of the Skills Development Levy, she said SSG will give affected employers time to validate the amounts owed. It has started engaging the affected employers and will contact all of them by the end of this financial year.
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) takes the lapses identified by the Auditor-General's Office seriously and will do more to enhance its processes, policies and systems, said Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang. Replying to Parliamentary questions on Monday (Aug 1), she said the issue of overpayment in grant disbursement was mainly due to inaccurate or erroneous declarations by grant applicants and training providers that were not picked up by SSG's internal checks. SSG has contacted all affected training providers, companies and individuals to recover the money. To reduce reliance on declarations and manual processing, SSG is using a new IT system and streamlining its business rules. Turning to the under-collection of the Skills Development Levy, she said SSG will give affected employers time to validate the amounts owed. It has started engaging the affected employers and will contact all of them by the end of this financial year.
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