SQC-PEO is a mark of organisational excellence awarded to private education organisations with sound business management systems.

Aims

1. To encourage PEOs to strive for organisational excellence by providing benefits (e.g. waiver of security deposit for international students) to PEOs that have achieved SQC-PEO status.
   
   
2. SQC-PEO is part of the Education Excellence Framework which aims to raise the academic, organisational and student protection and welfare standards of PEOs in Singapore.

For who?

• Singapore-based Private Education Organisations (PEOs).
  
  
• Your business is a PEO if you/your business:
  
  
  • offers education and training
  • falls outside Singapore’s public school system
  • is a foreign-system school
  • an EDB-promoted private institution
    
    
• PEOs can be:
  
  
  • privately-funded
  • operated as commercial/not-for-profit enterprises
    
    
• PEOs do not need to be registered with the Ministry of Education (MOE) to apply for SQC-PEO certification.

For what?

• To encourage PEOs to achieve organisational excellence and get certified as SQC-PEOs by providing benefits to SQC-PEOs.
  
  
• To become a SQC-PEO, you will need to go through a certification process which involves:
  
  
  • carrying out a self-assessment of your organisation
  • implementing systems and processes to achieve excellence
  • certification by an external assessment team

How much?

• Your organisation, once certified as SQC-PEO, will enjoy these benefits:
  
  1. “Green Lane” Processing Of International Student's Passes
  
  
  • Reduced processing time of Student's Passes from 4 weeks to 2 weeks
  • Student's Passes are valid for full duration of course
  • Waiver of security deposit for international students
  • Waiver of interview