Monetary support for students pursuing certification courses in human resources, and employment and industrial relations

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan, Pioneer

Question

To ask the Minister for Education with regard to students who take on modules, courses or programmes related to Human Resource, Capital and Employment or Industrial Relations, whether the Ministry can provide full funding to ITEs, polytechnics and autonomous universities to fully support them in sending these students to undergo and complete the various certifications from the Institute for Human Resource Professionals as they do not qualify for the SkillsFuture credits yet.

Response

1. Graduates from Republic Polytechnic and Singapore Polytechnic's Diploma in Human Resource Management with Psychology, as well as from Temasek Polytechnic's Diploma in Business can automatically qualify for the Institute for Human Resource Professionals' Certified Associate (IHRP-CA) certification if they take the required modules. Students from nine Degree and Diploma programmes are partially exempted from the certification assessment, which substantially reduces the assessment cost by more than 85%.

2. Beyond the IHRP-CA, IHRP's higher-level certifications require at least 3 years of HR-related working experience. The Ministry of Manpower provides subsidies for Singaporeans and PRs to attain these certifications.