Singapore Centre for Chinese Language

The establishment of Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (Abbreviation: SCCL; Chinese: 新加坡華文教研中心; pinyin: xīn jiā pō huá wén jiào yán zhōng xīn) was announced by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 6 September 2008, and was opened by then Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on 17 November 2009. The Centre was established to position Singapore as a centre of excellence for the learning, teaching and educational research of the Chinese language in a bilingual context.

Jointly set up by the Ministry of Education (Singapore) and National Institute of Education, SCCL is an autonomous centre within Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, signifying the best collaborative efforts of the Singapore government, its professional teachers' training institute and academia in Chinese language education.

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