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 East Africa)
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi
- Bahrain
- Indonesia
- Brunei Darusalaam
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Australian and New Zealand School of Government
- Private school chain in Indonesia
- Private university in India
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.
ASSOCIATE Consultant
Mrs Wai Yin Pryke
As an educator of 30 years, Wai Yin held senior positions in school leadership and the
Ministry of Education. She was a founding member of MOE’s inaugural National Education
efforts in 1997, developing new initiatives and programmes which are still relevant today.
As school leader, she emphasised values and citizenship education, helping her school to
garner an outstanding award for character development. Her school was selected to
prototype programmes for engaged learning under the 21 st century skills framework. She
was also a mentor principal to new principals, having a passion for people development,
Wai Yin was the appointed the founding Principal of English Language Institute of Singapore
in 2011 under the Ministry of Education, where she spearheaded new initiatives to build
capability in English language teaching and learning. Her team was also instrumental in
defining and equipping teachers in subject literacy to foster better understanding in
students through enhancing teacher discourse.
Wai Yin’s efforts in public service were recognised by the Singapore government being a
recipient of various National Day Honours, including The Public Administration Medal
(Silver).
ASSOCIATE Consultant
Dr R Subramaniam
Dr R Subramaniam was Associate Professor of Science Education at the National Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore till his recent retirement. His research interests are in the broad field of science education. Publications include 89 papers published in peer-reviewed international journals. 45 chapters published in edited books of international publishers, and 6 books published by international publishers. He has nurtured and supervised ten doctoral students (9 PhDs and 1 Ed .D.) in various fields in science education. His teaching experience straddled undergraduate, Master’s, Postgraduate Diploma in Education and in-service courses. He has good knowledge of statistical analyses of data as well as qualitative methods of research, including survey research. Dr Subramaniam has extensive experience in undertaking consulting work in the areas of science education and needs analysis
ASSOCIATE Consultant
Amarjit Kaur
Amarjit’s career has been devoted to education in the roles of teacher, curriculum writer, School Leader, School Inspector and Senior Quality Assessor respectively. Passionate about how children learn and grow, Amarjit has taught in primary schools from elite to neighbourhood schools. Her experience in teaching has provided her with an in-depth understanding of students from different backgrounds and learning abilities.
The transition to be a curriculum writer in the Curriculum Planning and Development Division strengthened her belief that the efficacy of the whole school ecosystem, including teaching and learning materials, is critical to the quality of student learning. Her appointment into school leadership provided her an opportunity to bring all aspects of holistic education together, honing her management skills and curriculum implementation that allow for students to learn with passion.
Amarjit’s greatest contribution is, arguably, in her role as Senior Quality Assessor. She was involved in the implementation of the School Excellence Model, a school appraisal framework that is highly recognised to have guided schools at all levels in school improvement and innovation as well as attributed to their success in PISA and TIMS results over the years. As a Senior Quality Assessor, Amarjit was involved in assessing mainstream schools ranging from primary to Junior College, training schools in the use of the School Excellence Model, revising the School Excellence Model as well as preparing training materials.
Amarjit attributes her success in her field of work to a continued effort in upgrading her knowledge and skillset in school and organisational excellence through courses and overseas attachments in Taiwan, UK, Europe and Tasmania and other institutions which include SPRING Singapore
ASSOCIATE Consultant
Mr Anh-Tuan Hoang
Mr. Hoang, Anh-Tuan is pursuing a Ph.D. program in Educational Studies at the Department of
Education, National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan. He graduated a Bachelor program in
Mathematics Education at Hue University of Education, Vietnam in 2005. He earned a Master of
Education in Educational Administration at the Faculty of Education, Mahasarakham University,
Thailand in 2014. His interest in research includes Higher Education (HE) for Sustainable
Development, Educational Human Resource Management, Quality Assurance, Educational
Policy, Leadership and Administration, Educational technology, Comparative Education in
ASEAN education reform, R&D research in Educational Capacity Building, Teacher Education,
and Bilingual Education. He has published six teen academic articles and conference papers,
one book chapter, translated six educational books in partnership with The HEAD Foundation
and New Pedagogies for Deep Learning, and given six guest speeches and presentations, and
individual opinions in various multimedia and communication. He is a referee at LUX VERITATIS, a Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Santo Tomas - Legazpi, the
Philippines.
He is an international visiting professor at Sorsogon State University in the
Philippines and an international consultant at the Department of Teacher Education, Ministry of
Education and Science in Somaliland. He is a HR manager at Hue University of Education and a
visiting HR lecturer at Phu Xuan University in Vietnam.
ASSOCIATE Consultant
Mr Rudy Hakeem
Rudy Hakeem is the Founder of Akademi Interactive, an education technology company specialising in the design and deployment of artificial intelligence powered solutions for educational institutions and organisations. With a professional background rooted in the education sector, he brings deep domain expertise in curriculum design, assessment, and instructional practice, combined with hands on experience in building scalable digital learning systems. His work focuses on translating pedagogical intent into practical, technology enabled solutions that align closely with institutional requirements, curriculum frameworks, and operational realities across schools and organisations in the region.
As a founder, Rudy leads the strategic direction, product vision, and partnership development of Akademi Interactive, working closely with educators, administrators, policymakers, and technology teams. He is actively involved in guiding digital transformation initiatives, from early stage consultation and solution scoping to implementation and long term optimisation. His approach emphasises responsible AI adoption, stakeholder integration, and sustainability, ensuring that technology serves as a meaningful enabler of teaching, learning, and decision making rather than a superficial add on.
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.
Your requirements are not covered?
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