Child Care Centres in Bukit Merah
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| First Steps Preschool @ Depot Road | |||
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| Child Care Address: | 108, DEPOT ROAD, #02 - 05, DEPOT HEIGHTS SHOPPING CENTRE, SINGAPORE 100108 | ||
| Full Day Child Care Fee: | 1,450 | ||
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| CARPE DIEM STARLETS SPARKLE | |||
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| Child Care Address: | 167, JALAN BUKIT MERAH, #04 - 15C, SINGAPORE 150167 | ||
| Full Day Child Care Fee: | 680 | ||
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| APPLELAND PLAYHOUSE | |||
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| Child Care Address: | 104C, DEPOT ROAD, #01 - 03, SINGAPORE 103104 | ||
| Full Day Child Care Fee: | 830 | ||
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| MY FIRST SKOOL | |||
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| Child Care Address: | 137, JALAN BUKIT MERAH, #01 - 1380, SINGAPORE 160137 | ||
| Full Day Child Care Fee: | 640 | ||
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| MY FIRST SKOOL | |||
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| Child Care Address: | 63, TELOK BLANGAH HEIGHTS, #01 - 219, SINGAPORE 100063 | ||
| Full Day Child Care Fee: | 640 | ||
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Child Care Centres in Bukit Merah | Best Preschools in Bukit Merah
1(a). What is the Anchor Operator (AOP) scheme?
Answer: It is a scheme by government to provide funding to selected preschool operators to increase access to good quality and affordable early childhood care and education. The selected child care operators will receive funding from government to keep a monthly fee cap of $720 & $1,275 for full-day child care & full-day infant care respectively.
Currently, there as 5 anchor operators which are PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL, MY FIRST SKOOL, MY WORLD PRESCHOOL, SKOOL4KIDZ and E-BRIDGE PRE-SCHOOL.
1(b). What is the Partner Operator (POP) scheme?
Answer: This scheme supports selected preschool operators to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of child care and infant care. Under this scheme, selected preschools are to keep a monthly school fee cap of $760 and $1,300 for full day child care and infant care respectively.
Currently, there are 331 preschols undere this scheme.
2. Basic Subsidy For Child Care
| Service Type | Monthly subsidy for working mother or single fathers | Subsidy for Non-working mother/single father |
| Full-day child care | $300 | $150 |
Table: Child Care Subsidy
3. Additional Subsidy for Child Care and Infant Care
This is available to applicants for Singapore Citizen children who are working and whose monthly household income is less than $12,000. Please check Child care and infant care subsidy for more details.
4. Start-Up Grant
This is for low-income families with difficult family circumstances. Applicants can use Start-Up Grant to pay for the initial costs of enrolling their child into an infant or child care centre.
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7. What is the regulatory requirements governing staff-child ratios?
Answer: With effect from 1 Jan 2012, the following staff-child ratio will apply:
| Age of Children (Class Level) | Staff to Children Ratio (without para-educators/educarers) | Staff to Children Ratio (with para-educators/educarers) |
| 18 – 30 mths (Playgroup) | 1 : 8 | 1 + 1 : 12 |
| 30 – 36 mths (Nursery 1) | 1 : 12 | 1 + 1 : 18 |
| 36 – 48 mths (Nursery 2) | 1 : 15 | 1 + 1 : 20 |
| 48 – 60 mths (Kindergarten 1) | 1 : 20 | 1 + 1 : 30 |
| 60 – 72 mths (Kindergarten 1) | 1 : 25 | 1 + 1 : 30 |