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The Singapore Civil Service is the bureaucracy of civil servants that supports the Government of Singapore. Along with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), statutory boards, and other independent government bodies, the civil service makes up the overall public service of Singapore. [1] As of 2022, the civil service has about 87,000 employees. [2]
Civil Service College (CSC) Singapore is a college and statutory board under the Public Service Division of the Prime Minister's Office that provides education to civil servants of the Government of Singapore. [1]
Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower of the Government of Singapore.. During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when many Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents lost their jobs due to the closure of businesses, Workforce Singapore played a vital part in career-coaching the people of Singapore into transitioning into essential industries.
The journal was established in July 2007, featuring an editorial from Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, among full-length articles from graduate students in the UK, US, China, and Singapore. A printed version was started with the launch of the 5th issue by Kofi Annan in April 2009.
As of November 2022, unemployment rate is 1.9 per cent with Singapore resident unemployment rate at 2.8 and Singapore citizen unemployment rate at 2.9 percent. [10] The long-term unemployment rate for Singapore residents was 0.8 per cent as of March in 2017, up from 0.7 per cent a year earlier. [11]
It offers diploma, bachelor's degree and master's degree with universities from Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. The institution has 16,000 students with about 30% being full-time international students from over 40 countries. [1] [5] The institute offers both full-time and part-time programmes. [6]
The part-time programmes require applicants to acquire two years of full-time work experience, completed full-time National Service for male applicants or be currently employed on a full-time basis and be at minimum 21 years old. [48] [49] In 2018, SUSS received 5,700 applications for 700 full-time places. [50]
Singapore maintains an active conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the Government of Singapore, known as National Service (NS). [1] This requires all qualified male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents to serve a period of active duty military service in the uniformed services.