THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH SKILLED WORKFORCE THROUGH A NATIONAL WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM
THE SINGAPORE EXPERIENC

Dr Gary Willmott
Deputy Chief Executive
Singapore Workforce Development Agency

Introduction

1. On October 27th 2005 Singapore’s Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Education Dr Ng Eng Hen officially launched the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) system. This system is the centrepiece in Signapore’s long-term strategy to develop, enhance and maintain a highly-skilled globally competitive workforce. The planning and development of the WSQ commenced with the formation of Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) in October 2003 and will be in place across all industry sectors by 2009.

2. The formation of the WSQ marked a significant and major commitment in Singapore to a new approach to the development of a skilled workforce to support national economic growth and manpower planning. It parallels and complements the already well-established and highly regarded pre-employment training (PET) system conducted by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), the five polytechnic institutions and Singapore’s four universities. These institutions which comprise the formal education and training system focus on the prepartion of the school-leaver population (the 16-24 age cohort) entering the workforce. The new WSQ system addresses the needs of the adult workforce.

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