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BBC News
7 hours ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Canada update fields of study wey qualify for post-graduation work permits
Canada goment don change di kain education programmes wey fit give you work permit afta you graduate. On 25 June, di Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) make some important change to di field of study wey qualify for Post-Graduation Work Permits (PGWP), so e go fit reflect dia updated labour market demands for 2025. Dis na part of IRCC plans and priorities for Canada immigration for 2025 -2026. Canada Minister of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship, Lena Metlege Diab, say immigration dey bring economic advantage for di kontri, but dem go work to reduce di kontri population. "Many newcomers dey come here to build beta lives and to be part of Canada. Immigration don become economic advantage to Canada, and dat one dey come wit responsibility to maintain sustainable immigration level wey dey consistent wit our kontri community and service capacity." For many wey wan japa go Canada through di student visa way, dis new changes go determine weda di field wey dem dey go study go fit qualify dem for PGWP. Students for 119 new fields of study go dey eligible for PGWP, while IRCC don comot 178 fields of study from di eligibility list. Dis new changes go affect all international students wey wan apply for non-degree programmes. Dis na programmes wey no go give you bachelor, master, or doctoral degree certificate. E go also affect all di students go apply for study permit on or afta 1 November 2024. If you don submit your study permit application before June 25, 2025, you go remain eligible for PGWP as long as your field of study dey di approved PGWP-eligible list during di time wey you apply, even if dem remove. Changes to eligible fields of study For di year 2025, na 920 fields of study dey eligible for di Post Graduate Work Permit. Di IRCC completely remove educational programs in Transport from di current list of PGWP-eligible programmes, but dem leave only one educational programme in Agriculture, dat na Agri-food field. Di latest eligible educational programs dey directly related to work for some key sectors wey di govment say dem experience ogbonge labour market shortage. On di oda hand, di 178 fields of study wey no eligible again na sake of di kain work wey demd ey linked to, wey no dey experience labour shortages again. Di 119 education programmes wey dem newly add na for fields like healthcare and social services, education and trades. Dis na di first time wey dem dey add programmes for di education field of study to di PGWP-eligible fields of study. Fields wey no elegible Inside dis new change, if you wan do programmes for Agriculture, unless na for Agri-food field, you no go dey eligible for PGWP. Education programmes wey eligible for 2025 na French language plus teacher education, biology and chemistry teacher education, computer teacher education, and drama and dance education. Some STEM programmes sef no dey PGWP eligible again, including fields like environment, water, and natural resources, among odas. Although di PGWP-eligible fields of study dey help immigration department give priority to students wey dey non-degree level, wey meet labour market demands for work permits, Express Entry categories dey allow IRCC to give priority to immigration candidates wey meet labour market demands for permanent residence (PR) selection. Still, no mata which field of study pesin wan apply for, all students wey wish to get PGWP afta dem graduate, must to meet di kontri language proficiency requirements, according to di level of study. Inside all of dis, graduates of PGWP-eligible flight schools no need to meet di field of study requirements.
Business Times
28-04-2025
- Business
- Business Times
Singapore's Q1 employment growth slows, unemployment edges up, with further softening ahead
[SINGAPORE] Employment growth slowed and unemployment rose in the first quarter of 2025, with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) expecting the labour market to continue softening, due to greater uncertainty in external growth prospects. Total employment grew by 2,300 in Q1, according to advance figures from MOM on Monday (Apr 28). This was below the previous quarter's increase of 7,700 – which MOM described as seasonal – and also lower than the year-ago increase of 3,200. This was due to smaller increases in both resident and non-resident employment. Resident employment continued to increase in the health and social services sector, as well as financial services. But it contracted in some outward-oriented sectors such as professional services, manufacturing, and information and communications. Meanwhile, growth in non-resident employment was driven entirely by Work Permit Holders in lower-skilled jobs, mainly in administrative and support services, and community, social and personal services sectors. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up Unemployment rose slightly, with the resident unemployment rate at 2.9 per cent between January and March, up marginally from 2.8 per cent in December. The citizen unemployment rate was 3.1 per cent in March, holding steady from February but higher than December's 2.9 per cent rate. Unemployment rates 'remained within the non-recessionary range', said MOM. But there were fewer retrenchments: 3,300, down from 3,680 in the previous quarter. There were 1.3 retrenchments per 1,000 employees, a slight decline from 1.5 in Q4 2024. Both the fall in employment growth – 'particularly in some outward-oriented sectors' – and slight rise in unemployment mirror 'the deterioration in Singapore's economic outlook', said MOM. The ministry noted that business sentiments have turned more cautious. In a March poll, fewer employers expect to hire or raise wages in the next three months, compared to in December. 'Whilst the labour market has continued to expand, MOM expects the labour market to soften going forward given greater uncertainties in external growth prospects,' said MOM. On Apr 14, Singapore's official full-year growth forecast range was downgraded to between 0 and 2 per cent, down from between 1 per cent to 3 per cent previously. This came as Q1 growth slowed to 3.8 per cent, from 5 per cent in the previous quarter, according to advance estimates.
