 Jointly set up by the Ministry of Education (Singapore) and National Institute of Education, SCCL is an autonomous centre within Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, signifying the best collaborative efforts of the Singapore government, its professional teachers' training institute and academia in Chinese language education.Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) started its in-service training courses in June 2009.It aims to enhance the teaching literacy, competency and professionalism of Chinese language teachers.