Over the years, the Singapore private education sector has encountered constant and tremendous challenges. It is estimated that the private education sector in Singapore is worth S$3 billion (US$ 2.21 billion), and in 2020 approximately 121,000 private school students enrolled in the Singapore Private Education Institutions (PEIs) ⁽³⁾.

Despite the substantial value that the private education sector holds, many education experts and quality assurance consulting firms such as Eduvalue have observed a decline in private education trends. They indicated that these challenges are attributed to stricter Singapore’s regulatory and audit requirements, cycles of economic impact, increased competition from government-linked educational institutions, a shift towards work-skills training, and aggressive competitions amongst the PEIs. Needless to say, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the sector’s struggles, especially in terms of recruiting international students to Singapore due to travel restrictions.

How have PEIs coped with ensuring their survivability amidst COVID-19? What has student recruitment and business continuity strategies looked like? What are some areas for improvement that if tackled, would put PEIs in better standing to survive and thrive?

We have been developing and refining the EV Education Group to provide an integrated and comprehensive full suite consulting service that meets the education sector’s needs in the areas of QA, due diligence, compliance, tech, HR, training, etc.

Here, we share with you more about the Group’s vision, how the brands work together and our key guiding strategies.

We discussed how EduTrust Certification Scheme (EduTrust) is not difficult to attain. Yet, in the last 17 months, 15 PEIs downgraded or lost their EduTrust. In this article, we highlight areas that might have hindered these PEIs ability to maintain their EduTrust and provide our recommendations to minimise such risks.

In this final part of our two-part series about starting a private school in Singapore, we discuss what EduTrust is and share some of our expertise. As a pre-requisite to obtain EduTrust is 4-Year Enhanced Registration Framework (ERF) PEIs, we recommend you also read our previous article about ERF.

Previously, we have mentioned terms like ERF and EduTrust when referring to Private Education Institutions (PEIs). But what are they and what is the difference? Are they difficult to attain? In our 2-part series, we delve into defining ERF and EduTrust, share our expertise on the misconceptions surrounding these certifications so that you are more knowledgeable as you start your private school in Singapore.

On 12 April 2021, the Committee for Private Education released the findings of their Private Education Institutions Graduate Employment Survey 2019/20. Together with the Industry Research Team at EduValue Global , we looked into its findings and identified key areas for improvement and provided some recommendations for consideration.

Part 2 of this two-part series on the Market Analysis of Singapore's PEI Sector (2015-2020) discusses the overall trends of PEIs EduTrust certifications from 2015 to 2020.

Our Industry Research Team provides you with a two-part series on the Market Analysis of Singapore's PEI Sector (2015-2020). In this first article, we focus on the growing trend of PEIs attaining EduTrust.