Clause 71

by deleting the words “to establish and incorporate the Council for Private Education, to provide for its functions, duties and powers,” in the long title;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “advertisement” in section 2, the following definition:“ “Agency” means the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency established by section 3 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016;”; (c)by deleting the definitions of “Chairman”, “Chief Executive” and “committee member” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:“ “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency appointed under section 38 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016 and includes any person acting in that capacity;”;

by deleting the definitions of “Council” and “member” in section 2;

by deleting the word “Council” in the definition of “inspector” in section 2 and substituting the word “Agency”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “provides private education” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “private education institution” in section 2, the words “whether in Singapore or elsewhere”;

by deleting the word “Council” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Agency”:Section 34(4), (5), (6), (8), (9) and (10)Section 35(1), (2) and (3)Section 36(1), (2), (3) and (4)Section 37(1), (2), (3) and (4)Section 38(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)Section 39(1), (2) and (3)Section 40(1), (2) and (4)Section 41(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and (2)Section 42(1) and (2) Section 43(1), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (12)(a)Section 44(1)(b) and (2) Section 45(1) and (2)Section 47(1), (2), (3) and (4)Section 48(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) and section headingSection 49(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7)(b) and section headingSection 50(1), (2) and (4)Section 52(1)Section 53(1)(a), (b) and (d), (3)(b) and (5)(a) and (b)Section 56(1) and (2)Section 57(2)(b)Section 59(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)Section 60(1)(c), (2), (5) and (6) Section 61(1)(c)Section 62(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) and section headingSection 63(1) and (4)Section 64(3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) and section headingSection 69(1)(a)(v)Section 71(1) and (2)(e) and (j); and

by repealing the Second and Third Schedules.

Without prejudice to section 5 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016, it is the function of the Agency under this Act —

to register persons who provide or offer to provide private education in Singapore or elsewhere, and to assess and reassess them from time to time;

to otherwise regulate persons who offer or provide any service relating, directly or indirectly, to private education;

to promote and facilitate the development of the private education sector in Singapore;

to establish or support accreditation or certification schemes and other measures to enhance the standards of the private education industry or the education industry in Singapore generally;

to facilitate the improvement of private education in Singapore of these courses; and

to facilitate public availability of meaningful and accurate information relating to —

registered private education institutions and persons regulated under this Act, including their compliance with the requirements of this Act;

access of students or prospective students to dispute resolution processes; and

the private education industry in Singapore.(2) In discharging its functions under this Act, the Agency is to have regard —

to the financial capability, and the adequacy and quality of the staffing and resources, of any registered private education institution to achieve the stated outcomes for the students who take the courses at the institution;

to ensuring that minimum standards are maintained by providers of private education that the Agency has registered;

to securing the availability of meaningful and accurate information to the public about —

courses offered by registered private education institutions and the conditions attaching to enrolment in the courses, to enable prospective students to make informed decisions about enrolling in the courses; and

registered private education institutions and their compliance with the requirements of this Act; and (d)to ensuring access of students to timely and appropriate dispute resolution processes, in particular overseas students, having regard especially to their status as persons only temporarily in Singapore.Committee for Private Education

All financial penalties imposed under section 48 or 64, and all composition sums collected under section 67, are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.(2) All fees and other moneys collected under this Act are to be paid to the Agency.”.