child/student care centres & services

Minister answers question by Mr Leon Perera on the proportion of kindergartens operator by private providers and autonomous operators offering before and after school care.

Child care centres provide full-day and half-day care programmes to children below the age of 7, while student care centres (SCCs) provide care and supervision to school-going children from 7 to 14 years old.

​The Government is committed to enhancing access to affordable and quality preschools. To achieve this, the Government funds operators throught the Anchor Operators and Partner Operator schemes, and runs MOE Kindergartens.

​Under Special Approval, eligible applicants who are not working or who are non-parent caregivers may receive the higher subsidy support that working mothers receive.

​The early years are some of the most important in a person's life. Those who have good quality early childhood experiences acquire physical, cognitive and social skills that give them a solid foundation for life. Many educators have told me that the emotional and social skills that children learn in their first few years - making friends, handling conflict, learning how to communicate, and explore their surroundings - distinguish them when they grow older. On the other hand, those who do not pick up these skills can be set back, and are less able to seize the same opportunities.

​Today, MOE Kindergartens, Anchor Operators and Partner Operators make up slightly over half od all preschool places. 

​Minister answers question by Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC on grants for fees for faith-based preschools run by non-profit organisations such as those by churches, mosques and voluntary welfare organisations. 

​Minister answers questions by Er Dr Lee Bee Wah on the capacity and waitlists at Infant Care Centres in Yishun 

​Minister Desmond Lee answers NMP Ms Anthea Ong's question on child mismanagement in preschools

​Minister Desmond Lee answers MP for Potong Pasir SMC Sitoh Yi Pin's question on MSF's status and plans in regulating student care centres.