- Rapid growth of the private education sector, driven by the rising demand for lifelong learning and upgrading of knowledge and skills
- Private education institutions help to develop human capital, provide opportunities for Singaporeans who wish to upgrade themselves, contribute to the growth of Singapore’s talent pool, support Singapore’s economy and strengthen Singapore’s position as a global education hub
- Serves local needs and caters to a large and growing number of international students who wish to pursue an education in Singapore
- More than 1,000 private education institutions in Singapore today enrolling more than 100,000 students
- Rapid growth of the private education sector in Singapore has led to uneven quality of provision across the sector
- Private Education Act gazetted in October 2009 to strengthen the registration framework and enforcement provisions
- The Act also provided for the Council for Private Education to be set up to oversee the new regulatory regime and promote best practices among private education institutions to raise standards in the private education sector over time
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