Construction of new 30-storey MOE building in Buona Vista to begin in 2025
The Goh Keng Swee Centre for Education will bring together staff from the ministry's headquarters offices in Balestier, Grange Road and Ghim Moh.
An artist's impression of the Goh Keng Swee Centre for Education (centre). (Image: Ministry of Education)
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education (MOE) will start the construction of a new building adjacent to its current one on North Buona Vista Drive in 2025, with the move allowing it to consolidate its headquarters staff at a single location.
This consolidation will free up land in various parts of Singapore for other uses.
The new 30-storey building, to be named the Goh Keng Swee Centre for Education (GKSCE), will bring together employees from the ministry's headquarters offices in Balestier, Grange Road and Ghim Moh, MOE said in a media release on Tuesday (Oct 22).
The GKSCE will also house the School Cluster Centre, the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language and the Academy of Singapore Teachers. It will be able to accommodate about 2,000 employees, added MOE.
There will also be training facilities for in-service teachers.
Additionally, the building will be home to the MOE Heritage Centre, which is currently located at the ministry's Balestier office.
The heritage centre will showcase the history of Singapore's education system as well as the late Dr Goh Keng Swee's legacy and contributions to education. Dr Goh held the post of education minister twice between 1979 and 1984.
The new building is projected to be operational in 2029.
It will occupy a site area of about 5,000 sq m and have an estimated gross floor area of 65,000 sq m. It will be built with sustainable features, such as solar panels and a district cooling system.
The GKSCE was first announced at the 2010 National Day Rally by then-prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.
In response to CNA's queries, MOE said employees from the Ghim Moh headquarters and the Academy of Singapore Teachers at Malan Road will vacate those premises before 2029. They will be housed in interim office spaces before moving to Buona Vista when the new building is completed.
Plans for the sites that will be vacated "are currently under study by the relevant agencies", the ministry said, adding that more information will be revealed at a later date.
