Formed 1960 Number of employees 56,700 | Founded 1960 | |
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Annual budget $9.66 billion SGD (2010) Ministers responsible Ng Chee Meng, Minister for Education (Schools)Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills)Janil Puthucheary, Minister of StateMuhammad Faishal bin Ibrahim, Parliamentary SecretaryLow Yen Ling, Parliamentary Secretary Agency executives Chan Lai Fung, Permanent Secretary (Education)Neo Kian Hong, Permanent Secretary (Education Development)Wong Siew Hoong, Director-General of EducationLam Yi Young, Deputy Secretary (Policy)Lim Boon Wee, Deputy Secretary (Services) Profiles | ||
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 – Ng Chee Meng (Schools) and Ong Ye Kung (Higher Education and Skills) – overseeing education from Primary 1 to tertiary institutions.
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Statutory boards
The ministry currently oversees 10 statutory boards:
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.