SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 13 October2020 - As the nationalconversation on jobs and employability homes in on upskilling Singapore'sworkforce, 66% of Singaporean adults are learning online to reskill and boosttheir chances of securing a job in a new field. Students (90%), the unemployed(86%), and entry-level executives (69%) are the most likely individuals tolearn for this reason. These are some of the key findings in NTUC LearningHub's recently launchedHow Singaporeans Learn Survey report.

The survey, which was conductedonline in September 2020 with 450 Singaporean Citizens and Singapore PermanentResidents who were users of the LHUB GO online learning platform, aimed touncover insights into how Singaporeans learn in the Covid-19 era.

When asked about othermotivations behind online learning, 75% of respondents say they do so to 'gaina basic understanding/ quick refresher on topics they are curious about', while72% say it is 'to help them progress in their current field'.

In general, close to aquarter (23%) of Singaporeans learn at least once a month, closely followed by22% who learn once in three months; 16% say they never learn online. Out of the84% total who do learn online, 'entry-level executives' in Singapore are themost likely to learn online whereas 'assistant directors and above' are theleast likely to learn online.

The report alsorevealed that the top topics Singaporeans are learning online include 'officeproductivity tools' (voted by 50%), 'leadership' (voted by 49%), 'serviceexcellence' (voted by 41%), 'data analytics & business intelligence' (votedby 35%) and 'digital marketing & e-commerce' (voted by 32%).

"The pandemic hasprompted us to evaluate and innovate new modes of learning to ensure thatlearning never stops, despite the restrictions on traditional face-to-facetraining. The report serves as a 'pathfinder' to help readers understand theevolving adult learning trends. We hope that the findings will inspire learnersto adapt to new learning styles and gain the relevant skills to keep pace withour labour market demands, as well as encourage companies to identify optimaltraining and development programmes that can equip workers with skillsets todrive business performance through changing times," says NTUC LHUB CEO Kwek KokKwong.

To download the NTUCLearningHub How Singaporeans Learn report, visit https://www.ntuclearninghub.com/how-singaporeans-learn/.

About NTUC LearningHub

NTUCLearningHub was corporatised in 2004 with the vision of transforming thelifelong employability of working people. We work with both corporate andindividual clients to provide learning solutions in areas such as InfocommTechnology, Healthcare, Employability & Literacy, Business Excellence,Workplace Safety & Health, Security, Human Resources and Foreign WorkerTraining.

Todate, NTUC LearningHub has helped over 21,000 organisations and achieved over2.5 million training places across more than 500 courses with a pool of over 600certified trainers. As a Total Learning Solutions provider to organisations, wealso forge partnerships and provide a wide range of relevant end-to-endtraining solutions and work constantly to improve our training quality anddelivery.

Formore information, visit www.ntuclearninghub.com.