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The establishment of Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (Abbreviation: SCCL; Chinese: 新加坡華文教研中心; pinyin: xīn jiā pō huá wén jiào yán zhōng xīn) was announced by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 6 September 2008,[1] and was opened by then Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on 17 November 2009.[2][3] The Centre was established to position Singapore as a centre of excellence for the learning, teaching and educational research of the Chinese language in a bilingual context.
Jointly set up by the Ministry of Education (Singapore) and National Institute of Education, SCCL is an autonomous centre within Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,[4] signifying the best collaborative efforts of the Singapore government, its professional teachers' training institute and academia in Chinese language education.
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