Private Education Act

The Private Education Act was gazetted in October 2009 to provide the Council for Private Education (CPE) with the legislative powers to regulate the private education sector more effectively and improve its quality. CPE will implement a mandatory registration tier to enhance the standards that private education providers will need to adhere to. As required under the Enhanced Registration Framework, DAS Academy undertakes to inform CPE and its students of any change in ownership or management within 14 working days.

A quality assurance framework, known as EduTrust, will also be introduced to provide a quality differentiation mechanism. (Please refer to CPE website) Under the EduTrust Certification Scheme, private education providers must adopt a Fee Protection Scheme with the CPE-appointed service providers and provide medical insurance coverage for hospitalisation and related medical treatment throughout the entire course duration.

Student Contract

The Private Education Institution-Student Contract clearly states the following:

• Course title with modules or subjects clearly listed
• Date of commencement and completion of each intake/course
• Scheduled holidays
• Examinations and/or assignment dates for each intake/course
• Name of organisation awarding/conferring the results and certificates
• Fee collection schedule
• Withdrawal, transfer & refund policy
  For a sample of standard Student Contract, please refer to CPE website.