1] SkillsFuture Credit (SFC)
Funding Period: Until 31 Aug 2023
Course Reference Number: TGS-2020505519

All Singaporeans aged 25 and above will receive an opening credit of S$500 from the government. You may wish to use your SFC to pay for partial/full ISCA course fees. 

On 1 Oct 2020, the Government provided a one-off SkillsFuture Credit Top-up of $500 for all eligible Singaporeans aged 25 or above by 31 Dec 2020. Singaporeans aged 40 to 60 by 31 Dec 2020 will also receive an Additional SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career Support) of $500 which can be used for courses under: (i) SGUnited Skills Programme, (ii) SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme – Company Training, and (iii) Career Transition Programmes. This additional SFC (Mid-Career Support) is NOT applicable for use on ISCA courses. (For more information on the SFC scheme, please visit http://www.skillsfuture.sg/credit)

If you wish to enrol for the course with SFC Funding, please proceed with the following steps:

• Step 1: You will need to ensure that you have sufficient SkillsFuture Credits in your SkillsFuture Credit account in order to make a successful claim. Please check your SFC account balance here.
• Step 2: Register for the course online via ISCA Portal.
• Step 3: Upon adding to cart, the system will prompt a question “Do you wish to apply for SkillsFuture Credit?”, click “Yes” and input all required information.
• Step 4: At the Cart page, please ensure that SFC funding is applied before clicking “Checkout”.
• Step 5:Upon receiving an email that the programme status is confirmed, please proceed to submit SFC claim on SkillsFuture Portal within 60 days before the course start date and obtain the necessary approval. Please submit SFC claim via SFC portal (http://www.skillsfuture.sg/credit).

Failure to submit claim application and obtain necessary approval before the course start date will result in topping up of the SFC indicated for use. Please note that there will be an administrative fee of $42.80 for any revision of invoice.

2] WDA Training Grant - SDF Funding
This course is approved for SDF funding ($2 per training hour) for Company-sponsored participants only (Eligibility criteria apply). 

Funding Period: Until 31 Aug 2023
Funded Hours: 7 hours
Course Reference Number: TGS-2020505519

If you wish to enrol participants with SDF Funding, please proceed with the following steps (For Corporate enrolments only) :

• Step 1: Register for the course online via ISCA Portal. Upon adding to cart, the system will prompt a question “Do you wish to apply for WDA Funding?”, click Yes and input all required information. At the Cart page, please ensure that SDF funding is applied before clicking “Checkout”.
   

Please note that there will be an administrative fee of $42.80 for any revision of invoice.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Company must be registered or incorporated in Singapore and;
• Applicant is taking the course for the first time.
• Applicant must be employed, and is either Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident of Singapore and;
• Applicant must achieve at least 75% attendance, and pass all examinations /assessments and;
• Applicant must be fully sponsored by the Company for all costs associated with the training and;
• Payment has to be made via corporate means (e.g. corporate cheque, corporate GIRO, corporate credit card).

3] NTUC Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)
UTAP (Union Training Assistance Programme) is an individual skills upgrading account for NTUC members.

NTUC members enjoy 50% *unfunded course fee support for up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses supported under UTAP. NTUC members aged 40 and above can enjoy higher funding support up to $500 per individual each year, capped at 50% of unfunded course fees, for courses attended between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2022. *This excludes miscellaneous fees such as GST and registration fee etc.
 
To find out more on the UTAP support validity period please click here.
 
As UTAP is given on calendar year basis, and calculated based on year of training taken, it cannot be accumulated.

• Maintained paid-up NTUC membership before course, throughout course duration and at the point of claim and;
• Course by training provider must be supported under UTAP and training must commence within the supported period and;
• Unfunded course fee must not be fully sponsored by company or other types of funding
• Unfunded course fee must be S$20.00 and above, and;
• Member must achieve a minimum of 75% attendance for each application and sat for all prescribed examination(s), if any and;
• UTAP application must be made within 6 months after course ends.

To submit for UTAP claims, please visit http://skillsupgrade.ntuc.org.sg/. Terms and conditions apply.
Should you have queries on the funding scheme, you can email to UTAP@e2i.com.sg or call NTUC Membership Hotline at 6213-8008