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Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025

Family Education

Family Education in schools focusses on the teaching and learning of social-emotional skills to strengthen familial relationships and inculcate values of love, care and concern, respect and commitment from young. Learn more about the curriculum, and what you can do to reinforce students’ learning.

Family Education in Schools

Students will learn skills and values which contribute towards building positive relationships at home. Learn more about the curriculum and how you can support your child.

What is Family Education?

Family Education aims to enable students to foster positive relationships within the family, which is important for students’ well-being and mental health.

Through inculcating values and competencies, Family Education aims to build students’ resilience and nurture their confidence towards developing positive family relationships.

Key Family Education messages

The key messages that students will understand are:

  • All families are different. Roles played by different family members contribute to providing love and support.
  • Love and appreciate the family for shaping us to become better versions of ourselves and for contributing to our sense of purpose and hope in life.
  • Life goals can include those that contribute to flourishing of self, family, and others that impact the community positively.
  • Families experience change and transitions. Families can be resilient, stable, and strong.

Family Education Curriculum

Family Education is taught through Character and Citizenship Education curriculum in schools. In Family Education, students learn the value of families in shaping who they are, their growth, and in contributing to their meaning and purpose in life. They learn skills of self-awareness, empathy, and positivity to build and strengthen relationships, and to develop a sense of gratitude and love for the family, despite imperfections.

Primary Schools
Family Education is taught through Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP). These lessons provide a foundation for students to learn how to show love and care, and relate respectfully with family members. They learn that every family is different, with different family roles shared by family members. They learn that love, care and protection anchor strong families.
Secondary Schools
Family Education lessons aim to build an appreciation for shared familial and/or parental roles, based on what works in different familial situations. Students learn that fathers and mothers make unique and complementary contributions to the overall development of the child. They learn the importance of life and family goals, and navigating changes and challenges in the family with resilience and hope.
Pre-Universities
Family Education lessons reinforce skills of conflict mediation and resolution which enable older students to manage complexities of relationships. Students learn the value of building positive familial relationships, closer bonds and connections, as supportive relationships with family and friends help them to cope with stress and anxieties better. As students grow into young adulthood, they consider the importance of life goals related to pursuits of personal interest, higher education, marriage and parenthood. Students also learn to broaden the understanding of success to include quality family time.

Resources

Parents and the family transmit values and attitudes towards positive family relationships and experiences at home. Schools, in partnership with stakeholders in community, play a role in engaging with parents and the family to nurture family relationships and strengthen family resilience.

Parenting is a journey of growth and discovery. There are available resources which can support you with the knowledge and skills to build strong parent-child relationships and strengthen your child’s mental well-being and emotional resilience. Find out more about how you can reinforce specific skills and competencies which students learn in Family Education, by referencing some examples of specific resources below:


From MOE


From external agencies