09 May 2020

Companies as well as the government sectors are planning to forge ahead with offering scholarship opportunities to good students, despite this year presenting greater pressures on public spending as well as the profitability of corporations.

Scholarships originally meant for overseas study will be modified so as to allow recipients to study in Singapore instead.

The Public Service Commission (PSC), as well as companies including OCBC Bank and ST Engineering, say they will continue to consider candidates for the same number of positions as previous years.

Other public sector scholarship providers, including the Ministry of Education, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the Building and Construction Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, also said they will structure this year’s scholarship programmes similar to previous years.

Public sector agencies and the private companies have mostly stated that they do not foresee the career progression and job opportunities of this year’s batch of scholars to be significantly different from previous years.