Source: The Straits Times
A TOTAL of 60 scholarships will be offered over the next two years as part of a new programme to train young Singaporeans to become seafaring officers.
They can apply for the scholarships with their N levels - a notch lower than the O levels required for the only other similar training programme here, which is offered by Singapore Polytechnic.
The scholarships, worth $2.4 million, are funded mainly by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency and Singapore Maritime Officers' Union (SMOU).
Two other parties in the Tripartite Nautical Training Award programme are the labour movement's Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Singapore Shipping Association.
The industry is having difficulty recruiting young Singaporeans to work on ocean-going vessels, given the array of career choices onshore.
SMOU adviser and MacPherson MP Matthias Yao noted at a dinner on Thursday night that the dearth of Singaporean officers is compounded by a global shortage which is set to become more pronounced when the shipping economy improves.
A TOTAL of 60 scholarships will be offered over the next two years as part of a new programme to train young Singaporeans to become seafaring officers.
They can apply for the scholarships with their N levels - a notch lower than the O levels required for the only other similar training programme here, which is offered by Singapore Polytechnic.
The scholarships, worth $2.4 million, are funded mainly by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency and Singapore Maritime Officers' Union (SMOU).
Two other parties in the Tripartite Nautical Training Award programme are the labour movement's Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Singapore Shipping Association.
The industry is having difficulty recruiting young Singaporeans to work on ocean-going vessels, given the array of career choices onshore.
SMOU adviser and MacPherson MP Matthias Yao noted at a dinner on Thursday night that the dearth of Singaporean officers is compounded by a global shortage which is set to become more pronounced when the shipping economy improves.
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