HOBBY COURSES, LIFESTYLE SKILLS IN DEMAND
At Ngee Ann Polytechnic, interest in hobby and lifestyle courses has spiked. These include drone piloting, fish rearing, dog grooming and smartphone photography.
The institute of higher learning recorded nearly 2,000 SkillsFuture course sign-ups in the first half of December alone, far exceeding the 300 to 350 enrolments seen per month earlier in the year.
It expects demand to continue rising as the year-end deadline to use the credit top-up approaches.
Some courses are up to three times as popular this year compared to last year, the polytechnic said.
Ms Lin Xin, director of Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Continuing Education and Training Academy, gave an example of a learner who decided to take up more courses after their first one.
