child/student care centres & services

Minister answers question by NCMP Leon Perera on the Enhanced Pilot for Private Intervention Providers (PPIP) scheme and centres    

​Parents in Sengkang and Punggol can look forward to more quality and affordable preschool places, as five new large child care centres are set to open over the next two years.

​The Early Childhood Development Agency, in collaboration with Temasek Foundation Cares, will pilot an initiative in selected preschools, which will see teachers being trained to apply teaching and learning strategies under the Abecedarian Approach (AA) in the classroom.

​Minister answers questions by Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Non-Constituency Member of Parliament, regarding safeguarding interests of children and employees in pre-school centres against insolvency

​Minister answers questions by Ms Tin Pei Ling, MP for MacPherson and Mr Ang Hin Kee, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, regarding measures to ensure childcare operators are financially sound

​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