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Games and self-assessment tests to be part of new lifelong learning portal

SINGAPORE – Students will be able to learn about their strengths and interests through online games, and participate in psychometric tests to better understand their learning styles on the Individual Learning Portfolio (ILP) — a one-stop education, training and career online portal previously announced as a key plank of the SkillsFuture initiative to empower Singaporeans to take ownership of their career path.

SINGAPORE – Students will be able to learn about their strengths and interests through online games, and participate in psychometric tests to better understand their learning styles on the Individual Learning Portfolio (ILP) — a one-stop education, training and career online portal previously announced as a key plank of the SkillsFuture initiative to empower Singaporeans to take ownership of their career path. 

Based on tender documents put up yesterday (April 6) by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) on the government procurement website GeBIZ, the portal will enable adults to conduct self-assessment tests to match them with a suitable career, as well as training courses to meet these aspirations. 

The portal, which will be rolled out in stages from 2017, is expected to reach 1.5 million users, the documents said. Targeted at all Singaporeans, starting from those in Primary Five, the portal can accessed from smart mobile devices and via the Internet using a laptop or desktop.

“The ILP is envisioned to be a comprehensive suite of services that would support individual’s pursuit to embrace life-long learning for career development over one’s lifetime,” the documents said.

Access to the information on the portal has to be “strictly controlled and accessible only on a need to know basis”. The documents added: “Strict administrative control must be in-place to manage all information access and extraction requested by any users.”

The documents detailed the features of the ILP. For example, it will provide students with information on the various industries through an interactive platform. Students can click on visuals to learn about different occupations and job scopes, as well as wages and demand for manpower in each sector. The portal will also provide related information such as the required skills and educational qualifications.

Using the portal, individuals can apply for grants and tap on their SkillsFuture credit to enrol and pay for courses.

Working adults can put up resumes and references, which can be accessed by potential employers. Online psychometric tests will help individuals discover their skills and work preferences, and based on the results, they will be matched with suitable job openings posted by employers.

The National Jobs Bank, which was set up last year, will be integrated into the ILP. The system shall maintain a “listing record of blacklisted employers or type of occupation as a precautionary measure of isolating certain ‘undesired’ employers and occupation or jobs from being posted in the jobs bank,” the documents said.

The jobs bank was set up as part of the Fair Consideration Framework, which requires employers with businesses of 25 or more people to post job vacancies for at least 14 days before applying for an Employment Pass. The requirement aims to ensure employers consider Singaporeans fairly before seeking foreign manpower.

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