Other reasons for not upskilling include being too busy with work (49%), having family or personal commitments (34%), and not having a necessary stand in to cover their work while they were away on course (32%).
Time constraints is the top challenge and roadblock to employee participation in learning and development (L&D) programmes, according to NTUC LearningHub’s recent Workforce Learning in Workplace Transformation report.
Many employees in Singapore are less willing to participate in training that tends to be outside their working hours, resulting in the low take-up of company-offered training programmes.
