Private Education Act 2009 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Regulation of Private Education Institutions
8. Application for grant or renewal of registration
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Every application for the grant or renewal of the registration of a private education institution —
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;
must be made by a manager of the private education institution (called in this section the applicant) to the Agency in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be prescribed;
must be accompanied by the prescribed fee; and
may be accompanied by an application to the Agency for the waiver of any of the requirements imposed under this Act for the registration of private education institutions or the renewal thereof.
The Agency may require the applicant making an application under subsection (1) to furnish it with such information or documents as the Agency considers necessary in relation to the application.
Agency
“Agency” means the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency established by section 3 of the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016;
Where the applicant fails to furnish the Agency with any information or document required under subsection (2) in relation to his or her application within the time specified by the Agency —
the application is deemed to have been withdrawn; and
where the application is accompanied by an application for the waiver of any of the requirements imposed under this Act for the registration of private education institutions or the renewal thereof, the application for waiver is also deemed to have been withdrawn.[35