Hai Siang Chia | Master Specialist, Technologies for Learning Branch, Education Technology Division
Ministry of Education (MOE HQ)

Mr Chia Hai Siang has been involved in public education and public service in Singapore over the last 23 years. Beginning as a teacher of English Literature and General Paper in Raffles Junior College, Mr Chia has served subsequent stints in Planning Division, Ministry of Education, as a Subject Head in East Spring Secondary, Vice Principal (Instructional Programmes) at NorthLight School, and finally as Principal, Shuqun Secondary. From 2016-2018, he was the Principal Analyst for Technology in the Strategic Group at the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore. Currently, he is a Master Specialist in Technologies for Learning, Education Technology Division, MOE, and has been the Product Owner for Singapore’s Student Learning Space since 2019 and MOE's AI in Education solutions since 2023. He also heads the X-Labs, a team of MOE specialists focused on education technology research, and is the MOE lead at National University of Singapore's AI Center for Education Technologies. He holds an Honours Degree (Second Upper) in English Literature from the National University of Singapore, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Pass with Merit) from the National Institute of Education and a Masters in Education (Learning and Teaching) from Harvard Graduate School of Education.