Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Vocational and Industrial Training Board Bill

Clause 4

Objects

The principal objects of the Board shall be —

(a)

to provide for, promote, assist in and regulate the training or apprenticeship of persons employed in or intending to be employed in commerce or industry, and to upgrade the skills of such persons by providing advanced training in skilled work or otherwise;

(b)

to establish the nature and length of the training for any employment in commerce or industry, and the further education to be associated with the training, the persons by and to whom the training ought to be given, the standards to be attained as a result of the training and the methods of ascertaining whether those standards have been attained;

(c)

to conduct such programmes of further education as may be required from time to time.