About Us
Who we are
SECG is a Singapore-based education consulting group comprising highly experienced education policy-makers, practitioners and trainers who between them cover the whole spectrum from early-childhood education, primary, secondary, tertiary and TVET. All of us have international consulting experience. In particular, we have worked in Asia and the Middle East in education reform, teacher preparation and professional development.
Dr N Varaprasad, Principal Consultant
Dr N Varaprasad has over 38 years experience in higher education, equally split between polytechnic-level education and university education. He was the founding Principal/CEO of the highly innovative Temasek Polytechnic and Deputy President at the National University of Singapore. He later became CEO of the National Library Board for a further six years, overseeing the National Library and the network of public libraries in Singapore.
His extensive experience covers technical and higher education and management, as well as library management. He currently sits on the board of various charities and a private Higher Education institute in Singapore.
He is the recipient of many awards from governments and professional societies, including the Singapore Public Administration Medal (Gold).
His latest book "50 Years of Technical Education in Singapore - How to Build a World-class TVET System" was published in 2016.
Moliah Hashim, Principal Consultant
Moliah Hashim has had a 40-year career in education where she held several key appointments as Principal of Northland Primary and Princess Elizabeth Primary School, and MOE School Cluster Superintendent South Division. As a school leader, she guided and led school principals in all aspects of school administration at both the primary and secondary levels. Throughout her career in education, she contributed to the conceptualisation, implementation and review of many key programmes in her capacity as a school principal, cluster superintendent and/or appointments in various corporate planning teams, project teams and committees. For example, she was involved in the TSLN (Thinking Schools Learning Nation), TLLM (Teach Less Learn More), NE (National Education) and MOE Innovations Initiative.
Moliah has a wide exposure of education systems around the world, attending/presenting at various international platforms in Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and Finland. She has also conducted training of school leaders in Indonesia for the Sampoerna Foundation and the SIS (Singapore International Schools) schools. She has shared her school’s best practices and facilitated discussions with visiting school leaders from the region, Japan, Australiasia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Edmund Lin, Principal Consultant
Edmund is a dedicated and dynamic leader in education, with significant experience in the private and public sectors. In addition, he has engaged in education-related consultancy for international schools, overseas ministries of education, education technology companies and organisations such as the World Bank. He provided advice on school development and improvement, as well as curriculum, partnerships and leadership development.
He served as a former principal of a primary school and vice-principal of primary and secondary schools in Singapore, till 2014, before entering the private and international education sectors. In addition to conducting professional development courses for educators, he has taught in the National Institute of Education (2004-2007) at the Nanyang Technological University, the Gifted Education Programme (2000-2003) and various schools. He is a founding council member and former treasurer of the World Association of Lesson Studies.
Lin was a Senior Vice President of a Singapore company involved in the establishment and management of affordable international schools in Singapore, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. In addition to acquiring the education licences to operate the international schools in Singapore, Hong Kong and Cambodia, he played a leading role in setting up the campuses.
Our Promise - Together with you, we help Improve Education
We provide professional development of educators at all levels and international consulting services
We offer a professional and value for money service covering the following areas:
- Policy formulation and implementation
- Design and implementation of educational pathways
- School reform strategies
- Teacher education and professional development
- ICT strategies
- Early childhood education
- STEM education
- Entrepreneurship education
- Higher Education Leadership and Management
- Technical and Vocational Education
Our pool of experienced consultants will be happy to discuss and understand your requirements thoroughly before making a proposal.
Our Training Programmes
Institutional Leadership
- Academic Leadership in Times of Change
- Performace Appraisal of Academic Staff
- Policies for Enhancing Teacher Competencies
- Teachers as Reflective Professionals
School Leadership
- The Challenge to Improve Schools in the 21st Century
- 21st Century School Leadership
- Schools as Learning Organisations
- Building Effective Performance Management Systems
- Curriculum Review
Pedagogy and Technology
- Progressive Instructional Strategies for Integrating 21C Skills
- Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom
- Addressing Student Needs through Differentiated Instruction
- Designing Meaningful ICT-integrated Lessons
- Materials development
Subject Pedagogy
- Teaching Multiple Literacies
- Teaching 2nd Language Vocabulary Development
- Mathematics Education Strategies
- Preventing and Overcoming Maths Learning Issues
Early Childhood Education
- Code of Ethics for ECE
- Tech Toys in Pre-school classrooms
- Family and Community Engagement
- Mentoring ECE Teachers
- Multiple Intelligence Theory
- Sensory Motor Development
- Children with Special Needs
- Mentoring Programme for ECE Leaders
Beginning Teachers
- ICT for Teaching and Learning
- Assessing Student Learning
- Classroom Behaviour Management
- Student Development and the Learning Process
- Key Skills for Instructional Effectiveness
Our Consulting Services
The Singapore Education Brand
Singapore has established a global reputation for its educational planning, standards and delivery across the whole spectrum, from pre-primary to post secondary and higher education. Major international competitive assessments show that Singapore students score highly not only in mathematics and science but also in creative problem-solving and group work.
In technical education, Singapore is recognised alongside Switzerland and Germany as having one of the most rigorous yet efficient training systems geared to economic development. As a result of ITEs and polytechnics, Singapore enjoys ine of the lowest youth unemployment rates in the world.
Singapore Education Consulting Group (SECG)
Education is seen as the engine for social and economic development in both developed and developing countries. Many policy makers and planners deem the Singapore model as worthy of study, emulation and adaptation for their own countries. To meet this challenge, the most experienced and successful educators in Singapore have come together to form the Singapore Education Consulting Group, to provide a full-spectrum consulting service to ministries, institutions, schools and educational agencies.
Scope of Services
- Skills Gap Analysis
- School System Reform
- Early Childhood Education
- Higher Education Development
- Library Planning and Operations
- Innovative Learning Technologies
- Policy Planning and Development
- School Planning and Improvement
- Technical and Vocational Education (TVET)
- Educational Leadership Development
- Educational Quality Assurance
- Initial Teacher Training and Professional Development
- English, Mathematics, Science curriculum development
- Higher Education Leadership Development
- Resource Management in HE
Our Clients
Among our clients have been
- Royal Diwan of the Sultanate of Oman
- The World Bank (projects in Mauritius, and Rwanda)
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi
- Bahrain
- Indonesia
- Brunei Darusalaam
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Australian and New Zealand School of Government
- Private school chain in Indonesia
and others
Our Values
Our Values
SECG experts strive to provide the highest quality professional services to result in meaningful and measurable progress to meet our client needs and goals.
Integrity is our cornerstone in pursuit of excellence.
We work in collaboration with clients to ensure that educational strategies and practices introduced are viable and sustainable long after the consultancy period.
Senior Consultant
Dr Anita Nazareth
Dr. Anita Nazareth holds a B.Sc. Honours degree from the National University of Singapore, and an M.Ed (1982) and a PhD (1984) in Education Planning and Management from the Centre for International Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst USA.
Anita is currently an independent consultant with over 30 years’ experience working in the education development and training sectors.
She has conducted professional development programs for pre-service and in-service teachers as well as Academic Advisors, school heads and private university faculty in several countries. Her work experiences include full-time advisory, management and research positions with: The Abu Dhabi Education Zone, U.A.E. (2001-06); The Commonwealth Secretariat (London, U.K.- 1991-96); The World Bank (Washington D.C.-1982-90); and SEAMEO-INNOTECH (Manila, The Philippines -1979-81) as well as with the Governments of Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Oman.
She is an advocate of innovative skills upgrading of educators capable of promoting a Positive Mindset in all learners and incorporating 21st Century skills through world-class content in curriculum at all academic levels to result is global- savvy citizens ready to meet the evolving needs of a competitive work place.
Associate Consultants
Who are our Associates?
Our Associates team is drawn internationally, comprising of school principals, curriculum specialists, and technical specialists, hand-picked for their knowledge and hands on implementation experience.
Dr Lim Lai Cheng
School Development and Adult Training
Dr R Subramaniam
Science Education
Mr Jumaat Masdawood
School Leadership Development
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANTS
Dr Pereira Mendoza
Mathematics Curriculum Specialist
Dr Christne Chen
Early Childhood specialist
Dr Yang Chien-Hui
Early Childhood and Special Needs
Dr S Vanitha
English Curriculum Specialist