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Applications for Singapore’s new Graduate Industry Traineeships (GRIT) have dropped by about 90% since the scheme was launched in October 2025, according to the Ministry of Manpower. Many fresh graduates declined offers because they found full-time jobs or chose other opportunities, leaving fewer than half of the 800 available traineeship places filled so far. The programme, which is jointly run by the Ministry of Manpower and Workforce Singapore, aims to give recent graduates structured, hands-on work experience over three to six months with a government-subsidised allowance. Public-sector participation includes agencies such as SP. Singaporeans or permanent residents who graduated from ITE, polytechnic and university, or from private universities and overseas institutions in 2024 or 2025, are eligible to apply for the traineeship.

[The Straits Times]