Our History, Team and Partners.
Singapore Education Academy (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd or SEA is the holding company for the Group’s education businesses. The Education Group is involved in a variety of best of class educational product and services that cater to children and adults, globally. Specifically, the group companies focus on K – 12 educational areas such as AI and cognitive, emotional, engagement based state-of-the art personalised products and APPs; delivering educational products and services for schools; tuition franchise services for end to end tutoring – face to face, online and home tutoring services; Service related Skill related areas for adults. The companies’ business interest spans geographies of Asia Pacific, Europe, USA and beyond
SEA welcomes opportunities to work indifferent forms of partnerships with companies and educational institutions with similar vision and educational objectives.
SEA has invited top educationists and business consultants to its Board of International Advisors which includes:
SEA's Board of Directors includes:
He had also served as Chairman of Advisory Council of Continuing Education and Training ( ACCET Singapore) and at Singapore National Trade Union Congress, he served as Assistant Secretary General and Director of Skills Development , Director of Productivity & Leadership Development.
Outside the education sector, he has served in numerous public and private sector Boards and Committees, including Housing & Development Board, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, National Healthcare Group, Singapore Design Council,SINDA Board of Trustees, SLF Leisure Enterprises, PT Texmaco Perkasa Engineering, NTUC Club, NTU Alumni Club etc.
He was educated at Raffles Institution (O & A Levels), Nanyang Technological University( BEng Mechanical Engineering , Loughborough University ( MSc Robotics & Flexible Manufacturing Systems) and Harvard Business School ( ISMP/AMP). He is a Esso Sports Scholarship and Foreign and Commonwealth Scholarship holder. He is a national hockey player, university athlete and a keen golfer and tennis player.
Main shareholder and Chairman / CEO of Singapore Education Academy Pte Ltd (SEA). He has served and continues to serve on the board of directors in various organisations such as the National Healthcare Group Pte Ltd, Nanyang Technological University, Institute of Technical Education, Singapore Polytechnic, Media Development Authority and Accel Frontline (India). He served as a member of Parliament (1991-2002) and the Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC (1994-98).
He has also worked as an Adjunct Academic Staff at the NIE ,curriculum and assessment developer cum advisor (at Ministry of Education’s Academy of Singapore Teachers), Mr Koh served as a School’s Head of Department, Junior College Vice-Principal, Secondary School Principal, and as Deputy Director (National Education & School Planning) at the MOE HQ.
Since 2006, he has also assisted the NIE and the Singapore Teachers’ Union in various consultancy and provided advice on curriculum planning and development to countries such as Bhutan, India (Mumbai), Indonesia (Jakarta & Surabaya), Thailand (Bangkok), United Arab Republic (Dubai & Abu Dhabi), Vietnam (Hanoi, Da Nang & HCMC), etc. Mr Koh was appointed Trainer of Trainers in 2013 for the Indonesian MOE to do periodic training of Master Trainers from various Indonesian provinces – especially with regard to their management of their national curriculum.
Mr Koh holds a M.Ed degree from NTU, with concentration on curriculum planning, design, and development. In addition, he obtained the Diploma of Educational Administration (with Distinction) from NIE. His first degree is BA (NUS).