International & Private Schools | OWIS SG

Because of its massive expatriate community, Singapore is host to many worldwide schools. International and non-public faculties in Singapore usually do no longer admit Singapore college students except permission from the Ministry of Education.

However, on 29 April 2004 the Ministry of Education accepted three new global faculties to be set up besides permission being wished to admit Private Primary Schools in Singapore Students. These faculties should observe the obligatory insurance policies set with the aid of the Ministry such as enjoying the country wide anthem and taking the pledge each morning, as nicely as following the nation’s insurance policies on bilingualism.

These faculties – Anglo-Chinese School (International), Hwa Chong International School and SJI International School – are personal colleges run by way of the boards of different domestically famend institutions. The faculty costs are 15 to 20 percentage decrease than these of overseas global schools. Their consumption consists of college students from international locations such as Malaysia, India, Indonesia, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Established below the Private Education Act, the Council for Private Education is a statutory board empowered with the legislative energy to modify the non-public training sector. In addition to its function as the sectoral regulator of non-public training institutions, the Council helps functionality improvement efforts to uplift requirements in the nearby personal schooling industry.

On 20 May 2010, The Council for Private Education (CPE) has registered the first batch of non-public training establishments (PEIs) underneath the Enhanced Registration Framework (ERF). Following the launch of the new personal training regulatory regime on 21 Dec 2009, all PEIs inside the regulatory scope of the Private Education Act are required to register with the CPE underneath the ERF. Under the Enhanced Registration Framework, non-public establishments have to meet necessities pertaining to to their managers, teachers, publications and examination boards. Out of 308 which applied, much less than a 1/3 have been given the stamp of approval and college students are relieved that their faculty has made the mark.

Only sixty three ERF purposes have been evaluated by way of the CPE, of which 36 PEIs have been registered for a duration of 4 years, and 26 PEIs have been registered for one year. The registration duration awarded to a PEI is structured on its diploma of compliance with the Private Education Regulations.