SOME 124,500 workers have signed up for the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (Spur) in just six months since its launch, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) on Friday.

This includes 83,500 workers, or 67 per cent, sent by 1,800 companies, many of which are using Spur to manage their excess manpower.

Another 40,600 (33 per cent) individuals have signed up to upgrade their skills, with 36,200 at the Continuing Education and Training (CET) Centres and 4,400 in courses at our polytechnics and Institutes for Technical Education (ITE).

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