Planning Division

To formulate and review education policies as well as manage and analyse key MOE data to support MOE management in decision-making.

Education Policy Branch: Reviews and formulates education policies within the purview of the Ministry; Provides administrative and support functions which include secretariat support for the Ministerial Committee Meeting (MCM)
International Cooperation Branch: Formulates and reviews policies to strengthen MOE’s education relations and engagement with foreign counterparts, and; Formulates and reviews policies to facilitate Singapore’s development as an education hub, focusing on the export of MOE’s public education expertise
Management Information and Research Branch: Collects and analyses data and statistics to monitor the condition of the education system and the performance of individual schools; Responsible for the collection and maintenance of data in the Ministry’s data banks; Conducts international collaboration studies, as well as research and evaluation studies
National Education Branch: Promotes national education by fostering in pupils a sense of identity as Singaporeans