Minister for Education (Singapore)

Education Minister(s) of
the Republic of Singapore
Incumbent
Ong Ye Kung
since 1 May 2018
Inaugural holder Yong Nyuk Lin
Formation 3 June 1959
Website www.moe.gov.sg

The Minister for Education is an appointment in the Cabinet of Singapore and heads the Ministry of Education. The position from 1 October 2015 to 30 April 2018 is held by two ministers, Ng Chee Meng (Schools) and Ong Ye Kung (Higher Education and Skills).[1] It reverts to having one minister thereafter.[2]

MinisterStart of TermEnd of TermNotes
Yong Nyuk Lin5 June 195918 October 1963
Ong Pang Boon[3]19 October 19636 September 1970[4]
Lim Kim San[5]6 September 1970[4]15 September 1972
Lee Chiaw Meng16 September 19721 June 1975
Chua Sian Chin2 June 197511 February 1979
Goh Keng Swee12 February 197931 May 1980
Tony Tan Keng Yam[6]1 June 198031 May 1981[7]
Goh Keng Swee1 June 1981[7]December 1984
Tony Tan Keng Yam2 January 1985[8]29 December 1991former President of the Republic of Singapore
Lee Yock Suan1 January 1992January 1997
Teo Chee Hean25 January 199731 July 2003Current DPM
Tharman Shanmugaratnam1 August 200331 March 2008Acting: 1 Aug 2003 – 11 Aug 2004
Current DPM
Ng Eng Hen1 April 200820 May 2011
Heng Swee Keat21 May 201130 September 2015
Ong Ye Kung1 May 2018[2]Incumbent

With the expanding scope of education in Singapore and the implementation of SkillsFuture in 2016,[9] the Ministry of Education is now helmed by two ministers – one minister (Schools) overseeing pre-school, primary, secondary, and junior college education; and another minister (Higher Education and Skills) overseeing the ITE, polytechnics, universities and SkillsFuture.[10]

Minister for Education (Schools)
MinisterStart of TermEnd of Term
Ng Chee Meng1 October 2015 (Acting)31 October 2016
1 November 201630 April 2018
Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills)
MinisterStart of TermEnd of Term
Ong Ye Kung1 October 2015 (Acting)31 October 2016
1 November 201630 April 2018

References

  1. ↑ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 Anthony_chia (2018-04-24). "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (Apr 2018)". Prime Minister‘s Office Singapore. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. ↑ "Ong Pang Boon". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Statement from the Prime Minister's Office" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore: Prime Minister's Office. 29 May 1981. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lim Kim San". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tony Tan Keng Yam". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Statement from the Prime Minister's Office" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore: Prime Minister's Office. 29 May 1981. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Statement from the Prime Minister's Office" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore: Prime Minister's Office. 31 December 1984. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Yong, Charissa (9 March 2015). "Singapore Budget 2015: SkillsFuture courses to include aerospace, IT, languages, culinary skills". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Jing Yng, Ng (29 September 2015). "2 ministers each in MOE, MTI needed due to bigger work scope". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 1 October 2015.


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