Schools Division

Mission

To ensure that there is quality leadership in schools.

Functions

Schools Division

Schools Division comprises the following branches:

• Schools Branch North
• Schools Branch South
• Schools Branch East
• Schools Branch West
• School Operations Policy Branch
• Schools Corporate Development Branch
• Educational Leadership & School Excellence Branch
• Pre-School Education Branch
• Uplift Branch

Schools Branch North, South, East and West

The Zonal Branches oversee the management of all primary and secondary schools, junior colleges and centralised institutes. The schools are grouped into clusters and each cluster is facilitated by a Cluster Superintendent. The Cluster Superintendents in each Zonal Branch develop, guide and supervise the school leadership teams to ensure that schools are effectively run. They ensure that there is networking, sharing and collaboration among the member schools within the cluster so as to raise the capacity of the leadership teams and the level of performance in each school. Cluster Superintendents also play a key role in personnel and financial management. They develop personnel in their clusters according to training needs and identify personnel with potential for career development. They ensure the effective and optimal use of cluster financial resources such as funding worthwhile school projects and activities that help schools to achieve the Desired Outcomes of Education.

Learn about our school clusters.

School Operations Policy Branch

The School Operations Policy Branch provides advice on pacing and prioritisation of initiatives, co-ordination and monitoring for school programme implementation and oversight of school policies.

Schools Corporate Development Branch

The Schools Corporate Development Branch (SCDB) consists of:

• School Operations and Admin Office who drives corporate improvements in schools, provide strategic corporate support for schools and provides administrative support for the division.
• School Cockpit Admin Centre who oversees the development, deployment and maintenance of the School Cockpit and SCAN System. The Centre also co-ordinates the deployment of new MOE IT systems to schools. The Centre keeps tab of changes in MOE policies and procedures and their impact on MOE IT systems for schools and recommends business rule changes to existing systems if necessary.
• Schools Division Innovation Office (SDIO) who drives technological and process innovation across schools and Schools Division. SDIO works to develop and scale successful solutions across schools by accelerating the adoption of emerging technology tools, streamlining work processes for greater efficiency and effectiveness, and fostering a culture of innovation.

Educational Leadership and School Excellence Branch

The Educational Leadership and School Excellence Branch comprises the Centre for Educational Leadership and the Centre for School Excellence.

The Centre for Educational Leadership (CEL) provides a strategic focus within MOE for the development of quality educational leadership to respond to the aspirations of the child and nation. CEL develops, assesses, reviews and monitors leadership development efforts by MOE and its partner organisations, as well as initiates the conduct and sharing of quality research in leadership thinking for learning and application within MOE. To support our work, CEL implements an integrated framework for leadership development aligned with an Educational Leadership Philosophy specific to our Singapore school leaders.

The Centre for School Excellence (CSE) partners schools in support of their growth guided by the School Excellence Model (SEM). We work with schools in their improvement journey through the use of SEM as a tool for school self-evaluation as well as for impactful leadership and management. Schools are supported through a range of services such as professional development workshops, school-based consultancy, customised validation and provision of resources. CSE also facilitates sharing of promising practices across schools in the spirit of abundance mindset to lift the quality of all schools so that they are the best schools for their cohort of students.

Pre-School Education Branch

The Pre-School Education Branch seeks to raise the quality of kindergarten education by developing curriculum resources to support early childhood educators in creating and delivering quality learning experiences for children four to six years of age, providing quality and affordable pre-school education through the MOE Kindergartens and sharing curriculum resources and other good practices with the pre-school sector.

Uplift Branch

The Uplift Branch comprises the Uplift Office and Compulsory Education Unit. The Uplift Office drives the end-to-end coordination of strategies and interventions for students from disadvantaged background within MOE and across external stakeholders in these areas:

• Leading policy, planning and coordination.
• Enhancing schools case management systems’ interface with social services.
• Enabling schools’ support of target students through raising schools’ capacities and capabilities.
• Overseeing target students’ developmental outcomes, in collaboration with Professional Divisions in MOE.

The Compulsory Education Unit oversees the enforcement of and compliance to compulsory primary education in Singapore.