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Straits Times
a day ago
- Business
- Straits Times
$500 in Child LifeSG Credits, Edusave, Post-Sec Education Account top-ups to be disbursed in July
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The credits and top-ups are part of a suite of measures to support families with children manage their child-raising costs. SINGAPORE - Families with eligible children will receive Child LifeSG Credits or a top-up to their Edusave or Post-Secondary Education accounts in July. Singaporean families will receive $500 in Child LifeSG Credits (CLC) for each child aged 12 and below. About 300,000 students aged between 13 and 20 will each receive a one-off top-up of $500 in their Edusave accounts or Post-Secondary Education Accounts (PSEAs). These are part of the suite of household support measures announced at Budget 2025 to help families in managing their child-raising costs, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) in a joint statement on July 3. Children born between 2013 and 2024 are expected to receive the CLC in the week of July 7, while those born in 2025 will receive theirs in 2026. About 450,000 children are expected to receive the credits. These credits can be used on household expenses such as groceries, pharmacy items, utilities or transport. The CLC will be credited to the Child Development Account trustee of eligible children via a digital wallet in the LifeSG application. No application is required and recipients will be informed by SMS once the credits are in their wallet. Parents of eligible students will also be informed via SMS when the $500 top-up has been successfully disbursed into their children's Edusave account or PSEA. These top-ups are in addition to the Government's annual Edusave contribution, and are meant to support the education-related expenses of families with older children, said the MOE and MSF.
Jordan Times
04-05-2025
- Business
- Jordan Times
VTC, Canadian delegation launch vocational training alliance
Director General of the Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) Ahmad Gharaibeh on Sunday receives a Canadian delegation (Petra photo) AMMAN — Director General of the Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) Ahmad Gharaibeh on Sunday received a Canadian delegation led by Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour of New Brunswick Jean-Claude D'Amours and Deputy Minister of Labour of Nova Scotia Dana MacKenzie, along with several representatives from the public and private sectors. According to a VTC statement, the strategic partnership is part of ongoing efforts to implement the Economic Modernisation Vision (2025–2028) and boost international cooperation in vocational training. The visit follows the third round of meetings between Jordanian public-private stakeholders and their counterparts in the two Canadian provinces. Participating Jordanian institutions included the VTC, Jadara University, and the Middle East Aviation Academy. During the meeting, discussions focused on potential areas of cooperation between the VTC and Canadian partners. The Canadian side expressed strong interest in formalising the partnership through official agreements aimed at launching joint vocational training programs. These programs would target Jordanian university graduates, enhancing their technical and professional skills, improving their English language proficiency, and preparing them to enter the Canadian labour market, the statement said. The two sides identified a range of high-priority sectors facing significant labour shortages in Canada. These include healthcare, renewable energy, electric and hybrid vehicle maintenance, tourism, hospitality, information technology, digital skills, construction, aircraft and home maintenance, and aviation sciences. Minister D'Amours highlighted that New Brunswick anticipates over 133,000 job openings, while Nova Scotia projects more than 90,000 available positions by 2025, underscoring the urgency of expanding vocational cooperation. Both sides also emphasised the importance of twinning select VTC institutes with Canadian counterparts to align training curricula and standards. The partnership aims to provide advanced training opportunities in Canada, enabling Jordanian students to gain a competitive edge in the international job market.
