child/student care centres & services

​To further protect the education system, MOE, MSF and ECDA will implement additional precautionary measures over and above MOH’s measures. As some have travelled overseas during the March school holidays, we will issue a 14-day Leave of Absence (LOA) to students and staff of schools, preschools and student care centres who have been out of Singapore on or after 14 March, which is the start of the March school holidays.

​To apply, registered Key Appointment Holders should email Sector_Funding@ecda.gov.sg with your centre codes for information on how to submit an Expression of Interest. Existing Partner Operators will also have to express their interest if they wish to be considered for the new term.

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