Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
"Board" means the Compulsory Education Board established under section 5;
"child of compulsory school age" means a child above the age of 6 years who has not yet attained the age of 15 years and who satisfies such conditions for receiving primary education as the Director-General may determine;
"Director-General" means the Director-General of Education, and includes such officers of the Ministry of Education as may from time to time be authorised to exercise the functions of the Director-General of Education under section 5 of the Education Act (Cap. 87);
"national primary school" means any institution for the provision of full-time primary education, being—
- (a) a school organised and conducted directly by the Government;
- (b) a school in receipt of grant-in-aid under the Education Act or any regulations made thereunder;
- (c) a school specified in any order made under section 3 (1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 284A); or
- (d) such other school as may be prescribed;
"parent", in relation to a child to whom section 3 (1) applies, includes a guardian and any person having the actual custody of the child;
"primary education" means a 6-year course of education normally commencing when a child has attained the age of 6 years.
Compulsory primary education
3.—(1) A child of compulsory school age who is—
- (a) born after 1st January 1996;
- (b) a citizen of Singapore; and
- (c) residing in Singapore,
shall attend regularly as a pupil at a national primary school.
