child/student care centres & services

​Minister answers question by Miss Sun Xueling, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, on extended operating hours of child care centres.

​Minister answers question by Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, MP for Potong Pasir SMC, on childcare facilities at Bidadari

​At the 2017 Committee of Supply debates, MSF announced new initiatives to attract more persons to become infant educarers and to develop more rewarding careers in the early childhood sector.

Minister answers question by Mr Desmond Choo, MP for Tampines GRC, on how MSF is enhancing capabilities to care for children with autism.

​​Minister Tan Chuan-Jin's opening and closing speeches at the second reading of the Early Childhood Development Centres Bill

​Under the new Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDC) Bill, all child care centres and kindergartens will be licensed under a common regulatory framework to ensure more consistent and higher quality standards across the pre-school sector.

​Minister answers question by MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Mr Ang Hin Kee on management of HFMD in child care centres.

​Minister answers question by Er Dr Lee Bee Wah, MP for Nee Soon GRC, on enrolment and manpower in child care centres

​Minister answers question by Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong on the incidence of pre-school centres allowing staff to start work before passing pre-employment medical screening

​Minister answers question by Mr Ang Hin Kee, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, on support for small and medium-sized kindergartens and childcare operators.