Parents To Received Offset 50 Per Cent Of Student Fees From All Pre-schools And Student Care Centres

As we all know, today starts the suspension of the general services and part of the impacted is the Pre-school and student care. With this in place, all pre-school operators are required to offset 50 per cent of fees for Singaporean children not attending school this month due to the suspension of general services.

A parents who would ordinarily pay $470 per month will now pay $235 for their child’s May pre-school fees.

This was announced in a statement on Monday (April 6) by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) that in ordinary circumstances, pre-schools and student care centres would find it difficult to offer such fee offsets, as they need to sustain wages for staff and other operating costs. However, these are exceptional times and they have reviewed the situation.

As according to the Straits Times, the offset will start off with pre-school anchor operators and kindergartens run by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the offset will be reflected in the May invoice sent to parents. The fee offset also applies to Kindergarten Care (KCare) operators, which provide before and after school care for MOE kindergarten children, student care centres, special student care centres, and early intervention service providers.

So make sure all you parents out there take note!