Ministry Of Education (Singapore) - Ministry Of Education

The Ministry of Education (Abbreviation: MOE; Malay: Kementerian Pendidikan; Chinese: 教育部; Tamil: கல்வி அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to education in Singapore. It is currently headed by two Ministers â€" Ng Chee Meng (Schools) and Ong Ye Kung (Higher Education and Skills) â€" overseeing education from Primary 1 to tertiary institutions.

Statutory boards

The ministry currently oversees 10 statutory boards:

• Council for Private Education
• Singapore Polytechnic
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Temasek Polytechnic
• Nanyang Polytechnic
• Republic Polytechnic
• Institute of Technical Education
• Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
• Science Centre, Singapore
• Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board

In 2016, a new statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE), SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), will be formed to drive and coordinate the implementation of SkillsFuture. It will take over some of the functions currently performed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and absorb the Council for Private Education (CPE), an existing statutory board under MOE.

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.

Minister for Education

References

External links

• Official website
• Singapore Government Directory Interactive â€" Ministry of Education