Private Education Act 2009 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Regulation of Private Education Institutions
12. Approval of change of name
Feedback & supportLast amended by an amending law of 2016.
Every registered private education institution must obtain the prior approval of the Agency before changing its name, or the name of any premises or school (or any department or faculty thereof) of, or any education provided by, the private education institution to a new name.
registered private education institution
“registered private education institution” means any private education institution that is registered under Part 3;
For the purposes of subsection (1), a manager of the registered private education institution which intends to effect a change of name under subsection (1) must submit to the Agency an application for approval of the new name in the form and manner that may be prescribed, and that application must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Agency
“Agency” means the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency established by section 3 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016;
The Agency may refuse to grant its approval under subsection (1) if it is satisfied that the new name of the private education institution, or the premises, school (or any department or faculty thereof) or education provided by the private education institution (as the case may be) is a name which is referred to in section 10(1)(h).[39
private education institution
“private education institution” means —(a)any person that offers to provide or provides private education whether in Singapore or elsewhere, whether or not the person offers to provide or provides the private education —(i)for profit;(ii)together with other education; or(iii)by itself or in association or collaboration with or by affiliation with any other person; and(b)any school registered under the Education Act 1957 which receives a grant‑in‑aid or subvention extended by the Government to aided schools as is specified by the Minister in a notification published in the Gazette,but does not include any private education institution that the Minister declares, by notification in the Gazette, to be excluded from this definition, after having regard to the association, collaboration with or affiliation of the private education institution with any school registered under the Education Act 1957;