MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (MOE)Required to operate
Certificate of Registration of School
- Validity
- No Expiry
- Processing time
- 2 weeks upon MOE's acceptance of the documents and clearance of premises’ suitability on day of licensing visit, whichever is latest
- Issuing authority
- MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (MOE)
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Who needs the Certificate of Registration of School
This licence applies to Singapore businesses registered under the following SSIC industry codes:
Required documents and prerequisites
Items the applicant typically needs ready before submitting:
- Required Documents
- Please attach the following required documents online through this website:
- 1. A1-sized copy of the approved layout floor plan by SCDF’s Fire Safety and Shelter Department (FSSD). A project description stating that the project is for school, tuition centre, enrichment centre or language school should be included.
- 2. Fire Safety Certificate (FSC).
- 3. Grant of Written Permission from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) or Approval on Use of Premises from the Housing and Development Board (HDB).
- 4. Appointment Note for sole-proprietorship, partnership and limited liabilities partnership or Directors’ Resolution for company, depending on the type of entity.
- 5. Committee of Management Form (Form CM); Use one (1) form per member.
- 6. Summary of Course Particulars (Form RC); Use one (1) form per school.
- 7. Course write-up if it is not a tuition course or following MOE syllabus (Template can be found in Form RC).
- 8. Teacher registration forms (Form RT); Use one (1) form per teacher.
- 9. Copies of personal identification documents for teachers and SMC members.
- 10. Front and back of NRIC for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents or Data page of passport for other nationalities.
- 11. Education qualifications of teachers; One attachment per teacher
- Notes:
- Include all the relevant certificates and transcripts. They will need to be notarial-translated if they are not in English.
- The forms and templates of the required documents can be downloaded from https://www.moe.gov.sg/private-education/register-school/documents-required. Please follow the <File name format> stated on MOE’s website.
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