However, despite strong AI usage at work, “a gap remains between workers’ ambitions and their access to training”, said IMDA.<\/p>\n
It found that about 68 per cent of workers recognised the need to upskill or reskill in AI, but only 37 per cent attended AI-related training in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n
Of those who did not go for training, around 35 per cent said they were not nominated by their employers. A similar proportion of workers said they lacked the time, and about one in four were unsure of the right course to take.<\/p>\n
“This suggests that clearer signposting and broader support for workers to take up suitable training could help more workers build relevant AI capabilities,” said IMDA.<\/p>\n
To support workers, IMDA said it is expanding the TechSkills Accelerator under the National AI Impact Programme (NAIIP) to improve AI capabilities across the tech sector and the wider workforce.<\/p>\n
The accelerator will upskill 40,000 tech professionals over the next three years to equip them with advanced AI skills.<\/p>\n
For the non-tech workforce, the NAIIP will train 100,000 professionals in domain-specific AI skills by 2029, with such training already underway in the accountancy and law sectors.<\/p>\n
“Singapore\u2019s digital economy continues to demonstrate encouraging growth as both enterprises and workers embrace new solutions in their digital transformation journeys,” said IMDA chief executive Ng Cher Pong.<\/p>\n
He added that IMDA will continue investing in continuous learning in practical, domain-specific AI skills to ensure Singapore’s workforce remains competitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, despite strong AI usage at work, “a gap remains between workers’ ambitions and their access to training”,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,30129,113,61,85730,60],"class_list":["post-645280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-digital-economy","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-infocomm-media-development-authority","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}