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Public Consultation Exercise on the New Private Education Bill
Following the 8-week public consultation exercise on the key features of the new regulatory regime for the private education (PE) sector from 11 March to 6 May 2009, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is now consulting the public and key stakeholders on the new Private Education (PE) Bill, which will set out the provisions of regulatory levers for the new regulatory regime. The public consultation exercise on the PE Bill will run from 1 July to 21 July 2009.
MOE received comments from over 100 respondents from the PE sector and 50 students and members of the public through various platforms, on the key features of the new regulatory regime for the PE sector. These include the requirements under the mandatory enhanced registration framework and the voluntary quality assurance certification scheme called EduTrust. A summary of responses to the feedback received has been posted online.
In tandem with the earlier public consultation, MOE is now seeking feedback from members of the public and the PE sector on the new PE Bill, which would be tabled in Parliament by the third quarter of this year.
The consultation guidelines, summary of the draft PE Bill and a copy of the Bill itself can be found on the Government’s central consultation portal REACH, as well as on the MOE website.
MOE thanks members of the public and stakeholders who participated in the earlier public consultation exercise, and would like to invite the public to send their comments on the new PE Bill to MOE directly via email, fax or post at the following:
- Email address: MOE_CPE@moe.gov.sg
- Fax number: 6776 8604
- Postal address: Ministry of Education, 1 North Buona Vista Drive, Singapore 138675