Singapore Private Education System
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA)
The Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), a new statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower and jointly overseen with the Ministry of Education, is formed today to bring together skills and workforce development, and employment support functions under a single agency. For more information on the SWDA, please refer to the website www.tpgateway.gov.sg
Enhanced Registration Framework
The Enhanced Registration Framework (ERF) spells out the registration requirements and legal obligations which all PEIs, operating in or from Singapore, must meet. Through the ERF, SWDA aims to ensure that such schools meet the strengthened requirements in the areas of corporate governance, provision of quality services, student protection and information transparency in order to protect the interests of all their enrolled students.
As part of regulatory efforts stipulated by the Private Education Act 2009, it is mandatory for all PEIs to be registered with the SWDA under the Enhanced Registration Framework (ERF). All private schools need to register with SWDA and comply with the Enhanced Regulation Framework (ERF), which ensures that they are of a certain standard in order to protect the interests of their students.