4. Functions of Agency

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.

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; (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; and

to any direction given by the Minister as to the performance by the Agency of its functions under this Act and, in any matter relating to private education institutions for adult learners, to any direction given by the Minister charged with the responsibility for that matter.