The SkillsFuture@National Service (SF@NS) initiatives provide you with learning, education and career opportunities towards the last few months of your full-time National Service (NS). These initiatives provide access for you to gain practical personal and professional skills, and facilitate transition from NS to further studies or into the workforce.

You will receive instructions on how you can activate your SF@NS LXP account after enlistment. With the account, you will also be able to:

• view schedules for SF@NS Fairs

• register for Employability Resilience Workshops

Visit the OneNS web portal for more information on the SkillsFuture@NS initiatives.

You can apply to study for a diploma or attain partial university credits while serving National Service (NS) under the Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF) Work-Learn Schemes. Under these schemes, you will:

• Serve up to 4 years with the SAF

• Undergo specialised on-the-job training

• Obtain a MINDEF-sponsored diploma or partial university credits

The 4 years of service includes both full-time NS and Regular service. This means that you will receive a Regular service salary after completing the full-time NS component of your contract.

These are the 8 Work-Learn Schemes available:

MINDEF/SAF have also partnered with local polytechnics to introduce Work-Learn Schemes and academic sponsorship for polytechnic diploma students. Through these schemes, final-year diploma students will:

• enlist 1 year earlier than their polytechnic schoolmates.

• have their military service with the SAF recognised towards the fulfilment of their polytechnic’s final-year internship requirements.

Work-Learn Schemes (Early Enlistment)

You will serve a combination of full-time NS and regular service for up to 4 years.

SAF-Polytechnic Sponsorship for Integrated Curriculum (SPS-IC)

You will serve full regular service for 5 years.