SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has served notice to revoke Impresario Learning Lab’s status as an administrator of government student care fee assistance.
The student care centre located at Jalan Bukit Ho Swee will no longer be able to administer government student care fee assistance from Sept 20, MSF said in a statement today (Sept 7).
The ministry said that a recent audit had uncovered multiple wrongful claims for student care fee subsidies made by Impresario Learning Lab. The matter has been referred to the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force.
According to the ministry’s records, seven out of 14 students enrolled at the centre in June this year were recipients of government student care fee assistance
On Aug 23, Impresario Learning Lab was given 14 days to provide an explanation to MSF regarding the wrongful claims, but did not do so by the deadline.
It has informed MSF and parents of its students that it plans to cease operations as a student care centre on Sept 20.
MSF added that it is in the process of recovering all wrongful subsidy claims from Impresario Learning Lab, and that it will assist affected parents in finding alternative student care centres if they wish to do so.
“We have been in contact with the parents to explain the situation and to offer them our assistance in transferring their children to other student care centres,” a spokesperson said.
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