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Singapore to centralise management of educational facilities by 2031

Singaporean schools will be connected to a new Smart Facilities Management (Smart FM) system, which will manage day-to-day operations such as lighting, air-conditioning, and energy and water use.

The new Smart Facilities Management system will manage day-to-day operations such as lighting, air-conditioning, and energy and water use. (ST PHOTO: GIN TAY)
The new Smart Facilities Management system will manage day-to-day operations such as lighting, air-conditioning, and energy and water use. (ST PHOTO: GIN TAY)

Singapore (VNA) – All mainstream and special education schools in Singapore will move from managing their own facilities to a central system overseen by the Ministry of Education (MOE) by 2031, as reported by The Straits Times.

Accordingly, schools will be connected to the MOE’s new Smart Facilities Management (Smart FM) system, which will manage day-to-day operations such as lighting, air-conditioning, and energy and water use.

Rather than replacing existing infrastructure such as fire alarms, water tanks and pumps, or air-conditioning in server rooms, the system will integrate with them to provide a unified platform for monitoring and management across all schools.

The Smart FM system will also connect to the Government Technology Agency (GovTech)’s cloud service for real-time monitoring and control.

According to a tender, the new platform will run in a centralised mode for 354 schools. This means it can be hosted centrally, serving multiple schools at once through secure connections, with a centralised administrator overseeing user access and roles across the entire network.

In March, the MOE awarded the 78.6 million SGD (60.8 million USD) contract for the system’s provisioning and maintenance to tech firm NCS Singapore in March./.

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