Parliament Questions & Replies

More Preschoolers in Full-Day Childcare over Half-Day Programmes

05 Feb 2025

Mr Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) whether pre-schoolers spending extended hours of over 40 hours a week in childcare correlate with poorer English and Mathematics performance in primary and secondary schools in Singapore; (b) how many pre-schoolers spend over 40 hours a week in childcare; (c) what proportion of these pre-schoolers are from dual-income households; (d) how many of those parents have flexible work arrangements; and (e) how does ECDA ensure that preschools have the resources to nurture children who spend extended hours in childcare.

Full parliamentary question can be found on MSF website.