The Schools Family Education (SFE) is a programme initiated by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). It is a holistic family learning model – equipping parents with effective parenting skills and training them to be parents, facilitators, helping school staff to enhance their family life, and providing students with life skills training.
This programme involves:
- The setting up of a Family Life Centre which is a cosy place within the school premises where parents can network and share on family matters and form support groups with other parents. What’s more, you and your children can also read up on or review parenting and family materials at the centre.
- The organization of Family Life Education Programmes which are specially tailored to cater to the needs of parents, school staff and students. Some examples of programmes for parents include “Effective Communication with Your children”, “Balancing Work and Family”, “Financial Management” etc.
Target Audience
Secondary schools that have not embarked on this programme yet and thus are still eligible to a 3-year financial grant from MCYS.
Benefits to Parents and Children
According to MCYS, about 4,000 parents and 7,000 students from four pilot schools have benefited from life-enriching SFE workshops and programmes in 2002. More than 80% of the parents found the workshops to be helpful and relevant and more than 90% would recommend them to their friends.
Parents and children benefit from this programme in the following ways:
Parents will:
- Learn positive and effective parenting skills to better understand your children and improve parent-child relationship
- Learn positive and effective skills to better understand and enhance relationship with spouse
- Be an FLE advocate and participate in parent support groups
The child will:
- Learn life skills that help them become more effective in coping with life’s demands
- Benefit from positive attitudes towards family, relationships and life in general
- Learn positive and effective skills to improve child-parent relationships
Our Past & Present Clients
- Bendeemer Secondary School
- Cedar Girls’ Secondary School
- Cedar Primary School
- CHIJ Katong Convent
- CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel
- CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent
- Hong Wen Primary School
- Macpherson Secondary School
- Maris Stella High School
- Mayflower Primary School
- Singapore Sports School
- St Patrick’s School
- Yio Chu Kang Secondary School
- Fuchun Secondary School
- Pei Hwa Secondary
- Bedok Town Secondary
- Innova Primary School
- Si Ling Primary School
- Maris Stella Primary School
- Telok Kurau Primary School
