[Blasterlord2]

The problem is that's not the way the Skillsfuture courses are marketed, they are all promoted as mid career conversion courses with all the adverts / news articles reporting "touching" stories of how someone took a course and then found a new calling. Can we blame the students for being naïve when the courses fail to lift up to its claims?

Another thing of practical reality is many of its attendees have to find ways to make ends meet, they do not have unlimited time and resource to sit around attending a 6 -12 months diploma course only to be told this is just a "small step" in the right direction. That's why most end up driving PHV, food delivery or do SDA jobs - although these jobs have limited advancement potential, at least they provide instant livable income.

Can show me the article where the govt said you'll definitely find a job? Mid-career conversion is right pitch, since it's a step in that direction.

I've always said skills upgrading should be done when people have a job, not when they have lost one. But when I speak to sinkies who already have jobs, they're not keen to learn new skills. I think sinkies have to bear a big part of the responsibility of not having the right skills.

And it's better that the govt give you money than without to learn something right? Or you'd rather they don't?