13 July 2016

Acting Minister for Education (Higher education and skills) Ong Ye Kung has said that Singapore’s education system is not designed with “dead ends”, but offers multiple alternative paths which can be taken.

He made these remarks at the awards ceremony for the first batch of SkillsFuture Study Awards recipients last week.

Mr Ong said that students must be on a constant quest for excellence.

About 350 Singaporeans obtained their SkillsFuture Study Awards. They come from diverse fields, including social service, air transport and infocomm technology. Each recipient received $5,000, which they can use to defray out-of-pocket expenses during their course of study.