2024年5月8日，新加坡教育部長陳振聲先生在國會答覆徐錦莉女士關於技能發展基金的使用情況。
以下內容為新加坡眼根據國會英文資料翻譯整理：
技能發展基金的使用數據以及對學費補貼和合格年齡的審查
14 徐錦莉女士詢問教育部長 :
(a)在過去三年里，按行業分列的(i) 使用技能發展基金的勞動力百分比和(ii) 使用技能發展基金與徵收的技能發展稅的平均比率分別是多少，以全職工人、兼職工人和臨時工為例?
(b) 鑒於技術的廣泛強化，教育部預計不同行業和工人使用技能發展基金與徵收的技能發展稅的平均比率將如何變化？
15 徐錦莉女士詢問教育部長：在技能發展基金的使用方面，教育部會否考慮：(i) 提高個人受助學員的學費補貼水平；(ii) 降低他們獲得學費補貼的最低年齡。
陳振聲先生：技能發展基金是一項支持本地勞動力發展的綜合基金。基金由僱主繳付的技能發展稅和政府不時提供的補貼組成。過去三年（2020至2022財政年度），每年平均從僱主收取約2.9億元的技能發展稅。
新加坡技能發展基金是政府用於提高新加坡人技能和再培訓的資金來源之一。從2020財政年度到2022財政年度，政府平均每年支出約10.2億新元，其中包括來自可持續發展基金的3.7億新元，通過向機構、培訓提供者和公司提供補助金來支持勞動者的技能提升。除新加坡技能發展基金外，政府還從終身學習基金（LLEF）、國家生產力基金（NPF）以及各部委預算中提取資金，用於特定行業的投資，例如針對科技行業的加快專才培訓計劃（TeSA）。
新加坡精深技能發展局（SSG）負責管理新加坡技能發展基金，並與其他政府機構密切合作，支持所有行業的本地勞動力提升技能。由於各行各業的人力和技能需求不同，比較各行各業的技能發展基金使用情況意義不大。基金資助的許多課程也並非針對特定行業。例如，關鍵核心技能和數碼應用課程適用於多個行業。我們不會根據就業狀況來區分申請人，也不會收集學員是全職、兼職還是臨時工的數據。
目前，精深技能發展局為40歲以下的新加坡人和永久居民提供的學費補貼高達學費的70%；為40歲及以上的新加坡人提供的學費補貼高達90%。補貼水平是分級的，人力資源成果越好的項目獲得的補貼就越高。
目前，我們沒有計劃提高這些補貼的金額。我們也沒有必要降低年齡標準，因為我們沒有規定享受補貼的最低資格年齡。我們將繼續審慎使用技能發展基金，並與其他政府機構和業界合作，支持新加坡人進行有意義的終身學習和技能提升。
以下是英文質詢內容：
DATA ON USE OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND AND REVIEWS OF COURSE FEE SUBSIDY AND QUALIFYING AGE
14Ms See Jinli Jean asked the Minister for Education (a) for the past three years, what is the breakdown by sector for the (i) percentage of workforce utilising the Skills Development Fund (SDF) and (ii) average ratio of the SDF utilised to the Skills Development Levy (SDL) collected, for full-time, part-time and casual workers respectively; and (b) how does the Ministry expect the average ratio of the utilisation of the SDF to the SDL for the different sectors and workers to change in view of broad-based technology-intensification.
15Ms See Jinli Jean asked the Minister for Education in respect of Skills Development Fund usage, whether the Ministry will consider (i) enhancing course fee subsidy level for individual sponsored learners and (ii) lowering the minimum age for them to qualify for course fee subsidy.
Mr Chan Chun Sing: The Skills Development Fund (SDF) is a consolidated fund that supports local workforce development. It is made up of the Skills Development Levy (SDL) contributions from employers and top-ups by the Government from time to time. On average, over the past three years from FY2020 to FY2022, around $290 million SDL contributions have been collected from employers annually.
The SDF is one of the sources of funds for Government spending on upskilling and reskilling of Singaporeans. From FY2020 to FY2022, the Government spent an average of around $1.02 billion annually, including $370 million from the SDF, to support workforce upskilling in grants to institutions, training providers and companies. Besides the SDF, the Government draws from funding from the Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund (LLEF), the National Productivity Fund (NPF), as well Ministries' budgets, for instance for sector-specific investments, such as the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA), for the tech sector.
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) administers the SDF and works closely with other Government agencies to support upskilling of the local workforce across all sectors. It is not meaningful to compare SDF utilisation across sectors, which have different manpower and skills needs. Many of the courses that the SDF supports are also not sector-specific. For instance, courses on Critical Core Skills and digital adoption are relevant across multiple sectors. We do not differentiate applicants based on employment status and do not collect data on whether the learner is a full-time, part-time or casual worker.
Today, SSG's course fee subsidies go up to 70% of course fees for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents below the age of 40; and up to 90% for Singaporeans aged 40 and above. The level of subsidy is tiered, with higher subsidies for programmes that deliver stronger manpower outcomes.
Currently, we have no plans to raise the levels of these subsidies. There is no need to lower the age criteria, as there is no minimum qualifying age to tap on the subsidies. We will continue to use SDF prudently and work with other Government agencies and the industry to support meaningful lifelong learning and upskilling of Singaporeans.
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