Pre-Course Counselling

Applicants should ensure that they find out as much as they can about the history, reputation, accreditation and courses offered by the private education institution that they are intending to enroll with, before actually submitting their application. Wherever possible, ensure that you visit the institution and find out more about the courses, premises, and student administration from the school’s Education Consultants. As a student, ensure that the school you enroll with meet the minimum criteria:

Registered with the Council for Private Education

All PEIs in Singapore are required to be registered with the Council for Private Education. This ensures that the PEI meets certain set requirements in the areas of corporate governance, quality of provision, and information transparency. ERCI was effectively registered with CPE under the Enhanced Registration Framework on the 20th of May 2010. For more information, click here.

Award of Certificates

PEIs in Singapore are permitted to award certificates up to the Advanced Diploma level in their own name. University degrees should be awarded via partnerships with bona fide universities. All courses will have to be registered with CPE. For more information on ERCI courses registered with CPE, click here.

Recognition of Certificates

Students should be aware that recognition of certificates from PEIs, as well as degrees awarded by partner universities, for the purpose of employment or higher education, is entirely at the discretion of potential employers or institutes of higher learning.

Fee Protection Scheme

Students should ensure that the PEI they enroll in is an active participant in the Fee Protection Scheme, i.e. the course fees that the student pays to the Institute has to be protected either via insurance by a CPE-approved insurance provider, or via an Escrow Account. ERCI protects its students' course fees via insurance provided by Lonpac Insurance Bhd. The insurance will be purchased at the point that course fees are paid by the student to ERCI. If payment is made via e-banking, PEI must purchase insurance within 3 working days after the money is credited to the PEI's bank account.

PEI Student Contract

All PEIs should ensure that enrolled students taking a course that is longer than the duration of 1 (one) month sign a CPE-approved PEI-Student Contract. Click here to download a sample copy of the ERCI Student Contract.

Pre-Course Counseling Information

Students should ensure that they find out as much about the school as they possibly can before enrolling into the school of their choice. ERCI Education Consultants are committed to providing as much information about the Institute and the courses offered. As part of the Pre-Course Counselling process, ERCI Education Consultants are committed to providing minimally the following information:

• School details, including but not limited to school’s location, how to locate the school, opening and closing hours, facilities, nearby amenities and any other such related information.
• Course details, including but not limited to various modules to study, total number of modules, course outline, course duration, class schedule, timing of classes and assessment schedules.
• Admission eligibility, including but not limited to minimum entry requirement and English Language proficiency for the various courses offered by the Institute, and the criteria for being able to apply for exemptions.
• Course fees, including but not limited to total course fees, deferment and withdrawal fees, examination fees, course materials fees, FPS and insurance fees and any other miscellaneous fees.
• Subsidies available, including but not limited to information pertaining to how to apply for the various subsidies available, timeline required for subsidy applications, the amount of subsidy the prospect is eligible to claim for, and payment modes for courses under subsidy.
• Special promotions and scholarships, including but not limited to various promotions, amount of scholarship, eligibility for promotions and scholarships, how to claim for promotions, disbursement of scholarships, and any other special conditions that may affect the prospects ability to claim the promotion or scholarship.
• Payment methods, including but not limited to information pertaining to payment modes, payment schedule and installment plans available.
• Certification upon graduation, including but not limited to the type of certification that will be awarded after graduation and awarding and accreditation bodies.  
• Prospects after graduation, including but not limited to the various educational pathways that are available for further studies in the Institute and with other education providers, and employment opportunities in the different industries.
• Student Contract details, including but not limited to rules and regulations that bind both student and Institute, withdrawal and transfer policies and related fees, refund policy and its related fees.
• Application details, including but not limited to the documents required to be submitted by the prospect for entry eligibility assessment, timeline for application assessment, and application procedures.
• Student Services Administration, including but not limited to information pertaining to Programme Executives administrating the various programmes, and where and how they can be contacted pertaining to whichever applicable issue.