For the ministries in other countries which are also called Kementerian Pendidikan, see Kementerian Pendidikan.
The Ministry of Education (MOE; Malay: Kementerian Pendidikan; Chinese: 教育部; Tamil: கல்வி அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore.
In 2016, a new statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE), SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), was formed to drive and coordinate the implementation of SkillsFuture. It took over some of the functions currently performed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and absorbed the Committee for Private Education (CPE).
Unions
Civil servants employed by the Ministry of Education are organised into several Unions, including the Singapore Teachers' Union, Singapore Chinese Teachers' Union, Singapore Malay Teachers' Union and Singapore Tamil Teachers' Union for Education Officers; and the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees for the non-Education Officers. All these unions are affiliates of the National Trades Union Congress.
The Government of Singapore invests heavily in education to equip citizens with the necessary knowledge and skills to compete in the global marketplace.[2] Singapore currently spends around a fifth of its national budget on education.[3] To boost its economic standing, the Government of Singapore created a mandate that most Singaporeans learn English. It is the language of governance and administration in Singapore[4] and English is also the medium of instruction in most, if not all, schools in Singapore. As a result, the country rose from one of the most impoverished Asian countries to one with the strongest economies and highest standards of living.[5]
SkillsFuture
The SkillsFuture initiative was introduced in 2015 to support Singapore's next stage of economic advancement by providing lifelong learning and skills development opportunities for Singaporeans.[6] SkillsFuture aims at unlocking the full potential of all Singaporeans, regardless of background and industry.[7] The program contains several key initiatives, such as SkillsFuture Credit and SkillsFuture Earn and Learn. SkillsFuture caters to many stakeholders, with initiatives centred on students, adult learners, employers, and training providers.[7] In general, SkillsFuture involves a broad array of policy instruments targeting a wider range of beneficiaries over a longer-term horizon – schooling years, early career, mid-career or silver years – with a variety of resources available to help them attain mastery of skills.[8]
Every Singapore citizen from the age of 25 is given S$500 (approximately $370) by the Singapore government for the SkillsFuture Credit to invest in their personal learning.[9] This sum can be used for continuing education courses in local tertiary institutions, as well as short courses provided by MOOC providers such as Udemy, Coursera, and edX.
By the end of 2017, the SkillsFuture Credit has been utilised by over 285,000 Singaporeans.[10] There were more than 18,000 SkillsFuture credit-approved courses available at that time.[11] As of 2016, there were also a total of 40 Earn and Learn Programmes.[11]
SkillsFuture has established a multi-level training system with dozens of initiatives and programs targeting the different skill-training needs of different social groups, such as students and employees in different career stages. Moreover, SkillsFuture also invests in forms of industry collaboration to uplift the broad base of private companies, and strengthen collaboration between training institutions, unions, trade associations, and employers to develop the skills of the Singaporean workforce.[12] In terms of funding, according to the Singaporean government budget report, a provision of $220 million has been made for SSG in the fiscal year 2018 to implement plans, policies and strategies to support skills development programs under SkillsFuture.[13]
Ministers
With the expanding scope of education in Singapore and the implementation of SkillsFuture in 2016,[14] the Ministry was led by two ministers; Minister for Education (Schools), who oversees the pre-school, primary, secondary, and junior college education; and Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills), who oversees the ITE, polytechnic, university and SkillsFuture education.[15] In 2018, the Ministry returned to being headed by one minister.[16]
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ministry, education, singapore, ministries, other, countries, which, also, called, kementerian, pendidikan, kementerian, pendidikan, ministry, education, malay, kementerian, pendidikan, chinese, 教育部, tamil, கல, அம, ministry, government, singapore, responsible,. For the ministries in other countries which are also called Kementerian Pendidikan see Kementerian Pendidikan The Ministry of Education MOE Malay Kementerian Pendidikan Chinese 教育部 Tamil கல வ அம ச ச is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore Ministry of EducationAgency overviewFormed7 April 1955 67 years ago 1955 04 07 JurisdictionGovernment of SingaporeHeadquarters1 North Buona Vista Drive Singapore 138675MottoMoulding the future of our nationEmployees62 964 1 Annual budgetS 13 20 billion 2019 1 Ministers responsibleChan Chun Sing MinisterMaliki Osman Second MinisterGan Siow Huang Minister of StateAgency executivesLai Chung Han Permanent SecretaryLim Wan Yong Second Permanent SecretaryLiew Wei Li Director General of Education Professional Eugene Leong Deputy Secretary Policy Lim Boon Wee Deputy Secretary Services Melissa Khoo Deputy Secretary Higher Education and Skills Chua Lim Yen Ching Deputy Director General of Education Professional Development Tan Chen Kee Deputy Director General of Education Schools and Director of SchoolsSng Chern Wei Deputy Director General of Education Curriculum Child agenciesSkillsFuture SingaporeSingapore Examinations and Assessment BoardISEAS Yusof Ishak InstituteInstitute of Technical EducationSingapore PolytechnicNgee Ann PolytechnicTemasek PolytechnicNanyang PolytechnicRepublic PolytechnicScience Centre SingaporeWebsitemoe gov sgMinistry of Education headquarters at Buona Vista Contents 1 Organisational structure 1 1 Unions 1 2 Statutory boards 2 Impact 2 1 SkillsFuture 3 Ministers 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Sources 5 External linksOrganisational structure EditThe ministry currently oversees 10 statutory boards which includes 5 polytechnics and 2 institutes SkillsFuture Singapore Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Institute of Technical Education Singapore Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic Nanyang Polytechnic Republic Polytechnic and Science Centre Singapore In 2016 a new statutory board under the Ministry of Education MOE SkillsFuture Singapore SSG was formed to drive and coordinate the implementation of SkillsFuture It took over some of the functions currently performed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency WDA and absorbed the Committee for Private Education CPE Unions Edit Civil servants employed by the Ministry of Education are organised into several Unions including the Singapore Teachers Union Singapore Chinese Teachers Union Singapore Malay Teachers Union and Singapore Tamil Teachers Union for Education Officers and the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees for the non Education Officers All these unions are affiliates of the National Trades Union Congress Statutory boards Edit SkillsFuture Singapore Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Institute of Technical Education Singapore Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic Nanyang Polytechnic Republic Polytechnic Science Centre SingaporeImpact EditThe Government of Singapore invests heavily in education to equip citizens with the necessary knowledge and skills to compete in the global marketplace 2 Singapore currently spends around a fifth of its national budget on education 3 To boost its economic standing the Government of Singapore created a mandate that most Singaporeans learn English It is the language of governance and administration in Singapore 4 and English is also the medium of instruction in most if not all schools in Singapore As a result the country rose from one of the most impoverished Asian countries to one with the strongest economies and highest standards of living 5 SkillsFuture Edit The SkillsFuture initiative was introduced in 2015 to support Singapore s next stage of economic advancement by providing lifelong learning and skills development opportunities for Singaporeans 6 SkillsFuture aims at unlocking the full potential of all Singaporeans regardless of background and industry 7 The program contains several key initiatives such as SkillsFuture Credit and SkillsFuture Earn and Learn SkillsFuture caters to many stakeholders with initiatives centred on students adult learners employers and training providers 7 In general SkillsFuture involves a broad array of policy instruments targeting a wider range of beneficiaries over a longer term horizon schooling years early career mid career or silver years with a variety of resources available to help them attain mastery of skills 8 Every Singapore citizen from the age of 25 is given S 500 approximately 370 by the Singapore government for the SkillsFuture Credit to invest in their personal learning 9 This sum can be used for continuing education courses in local tertiary institutions as well as short courses provided by MOOC providers such as Udemy Coursera and edX By the end of 2017 the SkillsFuture Credit has been utilised by over 285 000 Singaporeans 10 There were more than 18 000 SkillsFuture credit approved courses available at that time 11 As of 2016 there were also a total of 40 Earn and Learn Programmes 11 SkillsFuture has established a multi level training system with dozens of initiatives and programs targeting the different skill training needs of different social groups such as students and employees in different career stages Moreover SkillsFuture also invests in forms of industry collaboration to uplift the broad base of private companies and strengthen collaboration between training institutions unions trade associations and employers to develop the skills of the Singaporean workforce 12 In terms of funding according to the Singaporean government budget report a provision of 220 million has been made for SSG in the fiscal year 2018 to implement plans policies and strategies to support skills development programs under SkillsFuture 13 Ministers EditWith the expanding scope of education in Singapore and the implementation of SkillsFuture in 2016 14 the Ministry was led by two ministers Minister for Education Schools who oversees the pre school primary secondary and junior college education and Minister for Education Higher Education and Skills who oversees the ITE polytechnic university and SkillsFuture education 15 In 2018 the Ministry returned to being headed by one minister 16 The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Education who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore The incumbent minister is Chan Chun Sing from the People s Action Party Portrait Minister Term start Term end Political party Ref Minister for EducationChew Swee Kee 6 April 1955 4 March 1959 Labour FrontLim Yew Hock March 1959 3 June 1959 Singapore People s Alliance Yong Nyuk Lin 5 June 1959 18 October 1963 People s Action PartyOng Pang Boon 19 October 1963 10 August 1970 17 18 Lim Kim San 11 August 1970 15 September 1972 19 18 Lee Chiaw Meng 16 September 1972 1 June 1975Toh Chin Chye 2 June 1975 15 June 1975 Lee Kuan Yew 15 June 1975 20 October 1975Chua Sian Chin 20 October 1975 11 February 1979Goh Keng Swee 12 February 1979 31 May 1980 Tony Tan 1 June 1980 31 May 1981 20 21 Goh Keng Swee 1 June 1981 1 January 1985 21 Tony Tan 2 January 1985 1 January 1992 22 Lee Yock Suan 2 January 1992 24 January 1997 Teo Chee Hean 25 January 1997 31 July 2003 Tharman Shanmugaratnam 1 August 2003 31 March 2008 Ng Eng Hen 1 April 2008 20 May 2011 Heng Swee Keat 21 May 2011 30 September 2015Minister for Education Schools Ng Chee Meng 1 October 2015 Acting 31 October 2016 People s Action Party1 November 2016 30 April 2018Minister for Education Higher Education and Skills Ong Ye Kung 1 October 2015 Acting 31 October 2016 People s Action Party1 November 2016 30 April 2018Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung 1 May 2018 26 July 2020 People s Action Party 16 23 Lawrence Wong 27 July 2020 14 May 2021 24 Chan Chun Sing 15 May 2021 Incumbent 25 26 References EditCitations Edit a b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PDF Yorozu Rika 2017 Lifelong Learning in Transformation Promising practices in Southeast Asia PDF UNESCO No 4 16 Mara Wil 2016 Singapore New York Scholastic p 90 ISBN 978 0 531 23297 2 Speech by Ms Low Yen Ling Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Education at the Inspiring Teacher of English Awards Ceremony Base Retrieved 9 October 2021 Mara Wil 2016 Singapore New York Scholastic p 71 ISBN 978 0 531 23297 2 Yorozu Rika 2017 Lifelong Learning in Transformation Promising practices in Southeast Asia PDF UNESCO No 4 50 a b Yorozu Rika 2017 Lifelong Learning in Transformation Promising Practices in Southeast Asia PDF Uil Publications Series on Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies No 4 17 via UNESCO Woo J J 15 August 2017 Educating the developmental state policy integration and mechanism redesign in Singapore s SkillsFuture scheme Journal of Asian Public Policy 11 3 267 284 doi 10 1080 17516234 2017 1368616 S2CID 158882980 Seow Joanna 19 May 2017 The ST Guide To Using your SkillsFuture Credit The Straits Times Retrieved 28 August 2018 Seow Joanna 1 February 2018 285 000 Singaporeans have used SkillsFuture Credit with more doing so in 2017 The Straits Times Retrieved 28 August 2018 a b Yorozu Rika 2017 Lifelong Learning in transformation Promising practices in Southeast Asia PDF UNESCO No 4 52 ANNEX A 2 SUMMARY OF SKILLSFUTURE INITIATIVES PDF 22 June 2019 Head K Ministry of Education Budget 2019 PDF 22 June 2019 Yong Charissa 9 March 2015 Singapore Budget 2015 SkillsFuture courses to include aerospace IT languages culinary skills The Straits Times Singapore Press Holdings Retrieved 1 October 2015 Jing Yng Ng 29 September 2015 2 ministers each in MOE MTI needed due to bigger work scope Channel NewsAsia Retrieved 1 October 2015 a b Chia Anthony 24 April 2018 Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments Apr 2018 Prime Minister s Office Singapore Retrieved 29 April 2018 Ong Pang Boon Singapore Infopedia National Library Board Retrieved 2 January 2016 a b Statement from the Prime Minister s Office PDF Press release Singapore Prime Minister s Office 29 May 1981 Retrieved 2 January 2016 Lim Kim San Singapore Infopedia National Library Board Retrieved 2 January 2016 Tony Tan Keng Yam Singapore Infopedia National Library Board Retrieved 2 January 2016 a b Statement from the Prime Minister s Office PDF Press release Singapore Prime Minister s Office 29 May 1981 Retrieved 2 January 2016 Statement from the Prime Minister s Office PDF Press release Singapore Prime Minister s Office 31 December 1984 Retrieved 2 January 2016 Ong Justin 28 September 2015 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore s new Cabinet Channel NewsAsia Archived from the original on 21 June 2018 Retrieved 1 October 2015 Mahmud Aqil Haziq 25 July 2020 PM Lee announces new Cabinet 6 office holders promoted 3 retirements CNA Archived from the original on 25 July 2020 Retrieved 25 July 2020 Yahya Yasmine 24 April 2018 Cabinet reshuffle Chan Chun Sing to be sole MTI Minister will gain economic experience The Straits Times Archived from the original on 2 December 2018 Retrieved 25 July 2020 Mahmud Aqil Haziq 25 July 2020 PM Lee announces new Cabinet 6 office holders promoted 3 retirements CNA Archived from the original on 25 July 2020 Retrieved 25 July 2020 Sources Edit This article incorporates text from a free content work Licensed under CC BY SA license statement permission Text taken from Lifelong Learning in Transformation Promising Practices in Southeast Asia 1 62 Yorozu Rika UNESCO UNESCO To learn how to add open license text to Wikipedia articles please see this how to page For information on reusing text from Wikipedia please see the terms of use External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ministry of Education Singapore Singapore Government Directory Interactive Ministry of Education Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ministry of Education Singapore amp oldid 1129096267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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