Singapore legislation
Regulation 25
Regulation 25
Administration of courses
Subregulation 1
Every registered private education institution shall ensure that the content of any course offered or provided by it does not contain any material that is obscene and contrary to the interest of its students.
Subregulation 2
Every registered private education institution shall, where it offers or provides a preparatory course, register the students enrolled in the course, or assist them to register, for the examination to which the course relates.
Subregulation 3
No registered private education institution shall require a student to pay, or impose on a student a requirement to pay, any deposit or penalty by whatever name called and whether refundable or otherwise, in relation to any course, other than a charge for the late payment of the course money.
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraph (4A), a registered private education institution which is not a member of a Scheme, when collecting the course money in respect of a student or intending student enrolled in a course permitted by the Agency under section 16(1) of the Act, must not at any time hold course money —
for more than 2 months of the student’s course in advance; or
for more than 6 months of the student’s course in advance, where the registered private education institution is a member of an industry-wide course money protection scheme approved by the Agency.
Subregulation 4A
Paragraph (4) shall not apply to the registered private education institutions specified in the Third Schedule to the extent specified therein.
Subregulation 5
No registered private education institution shall enrol a student —
for any course that has commenced, except with the written acknowledgment and agreement of the student, or his parent or guardian, to be enrolled for a course that has commenced; or
unless the student, or a parent or guardian of the student, has acknowledged in writing that he has read the Advisory Note to Students in Form 12.
Subregulation 6
Every registered private education institution must, in respect of any course permitted by the Agency under section 16(1) of the Act, enter into a written agreement or contract with every student enrolled in the course, that —
does not contain any provision that allows the registered private education institution to make unilateral changes to any term or condition of the agreement or contract;
does not contain any provision that allows the private education institution to collect, from any student who withdraws from a course before its end date, any course money for the remainder of the course; and
contains, in respect of each course the student is enrolled in —
the duration of the course, and whether offered or provided on a full-time or part-time basis;
the commencement date and end date of the course;
the scheduled holidays, if any;
the dates of all examinations, and major assessments and assignments;
the expected date of the release of the results of the final examination, which shall not be more than 3 months after the completion of the final examination unless otherwise permitted by the Agency;
the expected date of the conferment of the award;
the name of the developer or proprietor of the course, and the person conferring the award;
the components of all course money payable by the student;
the course money payment schedule; (x)the policy in respect of late payment of course money and the refund policy of the registered private education institution;
the title of the course; and
the certificate, degree, diploma or other qualification to be awarded to the student upon successful completion of the course.
Subregulation 6A
The registered private education institution must give to every student with whom a written agreement or contract is entered into a copy of the agreement or contract.
Subregulation 6B
Despite paragraph (6), a registered private education institution need not enter into a written agreement or contract with any student-inmate in respect of any YRSG-sponsored course provided by the registered private education institution that the student-inmate is enrolled in.
Subregulation 6C
If, however, a registered private education institution chooses to enter into a written agreement or contract with a student-inmate enrolled in a YRSG-sponsored course provided by the registered private education institution, the registered private education institution must —
ensure that the written agreement or contract complies with the requirements in paragraph (6); and
comply with paragraph (6A).
Subregulation 7
In this regulation —
Definition
“preparatory course” means full-time education for the purpose of preparing students for any examination that —
leads to a qualification awarded by any person other than the person which provides such full-time education; or
entitles the students to be admitted to an education institution;
Definition
“student-inmate” means a student —
who is an inmate or a prisoner, as defined in section 2 of the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises Act 1975; and
for whom the YRSG agrees to pay the course money for enrolment of the student in a registered private education institution under a written agreement or contract between the YRSG and the registered private education institution;
Definition
“YRSG” means Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (Yellow Ribbon Singapore);
Definition
“YRSG-sponsored course”, in relation to a student-inmate, means a course for which the YRSG agrees to pay the course money for enrolment of the student-inmate in a registered private education institution under a written agreement or contract between the YRSG and the registered private education institution.