Singapore : Workforce Development
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Singapore provides an example of a small
nation in which Workforce Development (WfD) has been a
primary component of economic development from the outset.
WfD has received consistent support and advocacy as a
result. WfD in this context refers to preparation of the
future workforce via basic through to tertiary level
education, and up-skilling of the existing workforce via
continuing and professional education and training, covering
a broad span of activities. As will be seen in the report,
the early years of nationhood saw a much greater emphasis on
basic, universal education and technical skills, to support
the policy of growing jobs and reducing high unemployment.
Whereas, from the 1980s, changing economic circumstances
meant that upgrading the skills of the existing workforce
took on increased importance. The tool is based on an
analytical framework that identifies three functional
dimensions of WfD policies and institutions: strategic
framework, which refers to the praxis of advocacy,
partnership, and coordination in relation to the objective
of aligning WfD in critical areas to priorities for national
development; system oversight, which refers to the
arrangements governing funding, quality assurance and
learning pathways that shape the incentives and information
signals affecting the choices of individuals, employers,
training providers and other stakeholders; and service
delivery, which refers to the diversity, organization and
management of training provision, both state and non-state,
that deliver results on the ground by enabling individuals
to acquire market-and job-relevant skills. These three
dimensions constitute a closed policy-making loop and, when
taken together, allow for analysis of the functioning of a
WfD system as a whole. This report focuses specifically on
policies in the area of WfD.
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ACCREDITATION, ACCREDITATION SYSTEMS, ACHIEVEMENT, ADULT EDUCATORS, ADULT LEARNERS, ADULT LEARNING, ADULTS, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BILINGUAL EDUCATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZENS, COMPULSORY SCHOOLING, CONTINUING EDUCATION, CURRICULUM, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, EARLY EDUCATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC TRENDS, EDUCATED WORKERS, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION PROVIDERS, EDUCATION REFORMS, EDUCATION STANDARDS, EDUCATION TARGETS, EDUCATORS, EPIDEMIC, FEMALE POPULATION, FUTURE GROWTH, GENERAL EDUCATION, GENERIC SKILLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, HIGH QUALITY TRAINING, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER LEARNING, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN CAPITAL, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION LAWS, IMPORTANT POLICY, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR SHORTAGES, LEARNING, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING PROCESS, LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, LIFELONG LEARNING, LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LITERACY, LITERACY LEVELS, LITERACY RATE, MEDICAL SCHOOL, MIGRANT, MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MOBILITY, MODERNIZATION, NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL POPULATION, NATIONAL STRATEGIES, NATIONAL STRATEGY, NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, OVERSEAS STUDY, PARTICIPATION RATES, POLICY CONCERN, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FORMULATION, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY GOALS, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, POLITICAL UNREST, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PROGRESS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUPILS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY EDUCATION, READING, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOL LEAVERS, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLS ACQUISITION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS REQUIREMENTS, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, TEACHERS, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY LEVEL, TRAINING PROGRAMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNIONS, UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, USE OF RESOURCES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKFORCE, WORKING POPULATION, YOUNG PEOPLE