More Childcare Centres by PCF

The number of childcare centres run by the PAP Community Foundation(PCF) is set to more than double in the next two years to meet demand.

The PCF, which runs 33 Sparkle*Tots childcare centres, is looking to add at least 40 more in the next two years. This is in line with a plan announced earlier by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, to add some 200 childcare centres industry-wide in the next five years.

Efforts are also being made to improve the quality of education in both childcare centres and kindergartens. This can only be achieved with the help of qualified PCF teachers. PCF wants its teachers to continue learning by making scholarships and subsidies available to them to encourage them to upgrade their skills.

By 2013, PCF aims to equip 95% of its teachers with a professional diploma and at least 25% of them with a degree. The PCF also wants to encourage its principals to upgrade themselves, and in the long term, have all of them possess a degree.