PCF to raise fees for kindergarten and childcare centres
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PCF to raise fees for kindergarten and childcare centres from next year.
The PAP Community Foundation (PCF) has informed parents that they will be raising fees for a majority of its kindergarten and childcare centres from next year.
According to a PCF statement, the hike was approved by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) earlier in May, and that “the revised fees vary across different kindergartens, childcare and infant care centres”.
“This is done in tandem with increases in our investments in curriculum and learning environment as well as the employment of qualified teachers who continue to receive on-going professional development,” they said.
However, the anchor operator is unable to give the specified increase amount due to the variation and large network of centres, according to a TODAY report.
Nevertheless, PCF emphasised in its statement that the majority of PCF centres will continue to offer fees at “lower than the median fees of other Anchor Operators and Preschool Centres”.
“The revised fees charged by PCF centres are also below the regulated fee cap set by ECDA,” they added.
Several parents have been informed about the changes in fees, and PCF will continue to inform parents for the rest of September.
PCF provides financial assistance to needy families through two schemes, the Headstart Fund and the Kindergarten Financial Assistance Scheme.
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This news appeared last week.
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Never mind , Singaporeans love to pay more.
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My father kept going on last week about 'Pay And Pay'.
I did graduate and top my class in a 'Pay-And-Pay' Community Foundation kindergarten decades ago.
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Originally posted by singfail:
My father kept going on last week about 'Pay And Pay'.
I did graduate and top my class in a 'Pay-And-Pay' Community Foundation kindergarten decades ago.
wow top boy in kindergarten, congrats
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so li hai leh
i oni got 2nd
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I didn't even go to PAP kindergarten.
But where I went I got punished often for being naughty.
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i got go to PAP kindergarten i can be MP yayy
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PCF to give rebates to parents affected by fee hikes for 2016
SINGAPORE — Rebates will be given to parents affected by the PAP Community Foundation (PCF) pre-school fee hikes for next year as a goodwill gesture, the foundation said today (Sept 25).
In a statement, PCF said these rebates will be given out for the first six months of the year, from Jan 1 to June 30.
“During this period, all Singaporean and permanent resident children in the centres will enjoy a rebate equivalent to the fee increase amount,” PCF said. This means the new fees will only take effect from July 1 next year. “We are reaching out to all parents to inform them of this rebate,” the PCF said.
TODAY reported earlier this week that PCF, the largest pre-school operator here, is set to raise fees for most of its kindergarten and childcare centres from next year. The anchor operator did not say which or how many of its 153 childcare centres and 215 kindergartens will be affected, nor did it provide information on the new fees.
The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) sets a fee cap of S$720 a month for full-day childcare for anchor operators. MY World Preschool and E-Bridge, which are also anchor operators, earlier told TODAY they will not raise the fees for next year.
In response to queries, the ECDA did not say if other anchor operators were adjusting their fees, and reiterated that these operators must abide by fee caps for full-day childcare and for infant care. The agency added: “Pre-school operators raise fees from time to time to ensure sustainability as operating costs rise, and to recruit and retain teachers to deliver quality programmes.”
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Originally posted by FireIce:
Two biggest pre-school operators to raise fees http://str.sg/Z2jD
Sup sup soi , 70% gave mandate to pay more.
Friend's kid in Ntuc My First School complained beginning this year they raised fees and now another increase. Service not very good, she considering to withdraw her kid.