Ministry of Education (Singapore)

Ministry of Education

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Agency overview
Formed	1960
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	1, North Buona Vista Drive, Singapore 138675
Employees	56,700
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 State Muhammad Faishal bin Ibrahim, Parliamentary Secretary Low 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 Education Lam Yi Young, Deputy Secretary (Policy) Lim Boon Wee, Deputy Secretary (Services)
Child agencies	Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board Council for Private Education Science Centre, Singapore 7 others
Website	www.moe.gov.sg

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.

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.

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.

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