What is ERF?

The Enhanced Registration Framework (ERF), as set out under the Private Education Act and the Private Education Regulations, spells out the mandatory registration requirements and legislative obligations which all private education institutions, operating in and from Singapore, must meet.

It is administered by the Council for Private Education, which is the sectoral regulator overseeing the private education sector, as established under the Private Education Act.

For more information please visit the CPE website at www.cpe.gov.sg

Who Administers The ERF?

The Enhanced Registration Framework aims to enhance the overall quality of private education institutions in Singapore and ensure that they are of a certain acceptable standard in order to protect the interests of the students enrolled in their schools.  It does this through measures to enhance the following aspects of the Enhanced Registration Framework:

Registration
Corporate Governance
Quality of Provisions
Information Transparency

For more information please visit the CPE website at www.cpe.gov.sg

What is EduTrust?

EduTrust is a voluntary certification scheme for private education institutions (PEIs) in Singapore. A private education institution is awarded EduTrust certification if it has achieved the stipulated standards in the areas of:
• Management of the school;
• Provision of educational services; and
• Financial health.

For more information please visit the CPE website at www.cpe.gov.sg

Who Administers EduTrust?

The EduTrust certification scheme is administered by the Council for Private Education (CPE), a statutory board that was formed in 2009 to regulate, develop and raise quality standards in the private education sector.

For more information please visit the CPE website at www.cpe.gov.sg

Is edutrust certification mandatory for all private education institutions?

The EduTrust certification scheme is voluntary, but private education institutions which enrol international students must be EduTrust-certified. This is to meet
one of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority’s prerequisites for the issue of Student Passes.

For more information please visit the CPE website at www.cpe.gov.sg