Singapore

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EduTrust is a voluntary certification scheme for Private Education Institutions (PEIs) in Singapore. The EduTrust certification scheme is administered by the Council for Private Education (CPE), a statutory board established in 2009 for regulating, developing and raising the quality standards in the private education sector. The EduTrust certification scheme is voluntary; however, private education institutions enrolling international students must be EduTrust-certified. This is to address one of the prerequisites for the issue of Student Passes as formed by the Checkpoints Authority.

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FEE PROTECTION BY ESCROW
style="color:black">If a private education institution arranges for the protection of students fees via an escrow bank account, you will deposit all fees into that account instead of making payment directly to the private education institution. Funds in the escrow bank account would be disbursed at regular intervals to the private education institution, only if specified milestones and conditions are met.

FEE PROTECTION BY INSURANCE
If a private education institution arranges for the protection of students’ fees via an insurance scheme, your fees would be protected by insurance coverage purchased for you by the private education institution.

Student Pass

A Student’s Pass allows a foreigner to stay in Singapore for the purposes of study. A foreigner is required to apply for a Student’s Pass if he/she has been accepted by an education institution to pursue full-time studies in Singapore, unless he/she is a:

Dependants Pass holder studying in a Government/ Government-Aided/ Independent school/ Foreign System School/ Kindergarten registered with MOE or Childcare centre licensed by MCYS;

Immigration Exemption Order holder; or

Visitor who has been granted a short-term Social Visit Pass at the Singapore Checkpoint and intends to attend a short course that can be completed within the validity of the initial Social Visit Pass granted to him/her at the Singapore Checkpoint or 30 days, whichever is shorter.

The course must:

be a complete module and stand-alone module of its own. Courses with multiple programme modules are not included in this Student’s Pass exemption scheme; and
not involve hands-on practical occupational training and/or industrial attachment which have interaction with walk-in customers or be conducted at premises that are also places of business, e.g. hair salons and beauty salons. Depending on the type of education institution that a foreigner is intending to study in, the requirements and procedures for applying for a Student’s Pass will differ. Please check with the education institution you intend to study with for more information.