Gan Siow Huang on school-based and community-based Student Care Centres

The Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) track the enrolment of students in school-based and community-based Student Care Centres (SCCs). All 182 primary schools have SCCs, with a total enrolment of about 33,000 students. There are about 190 community-based SCCs registered with MSF, with a total enrolment of about 8,300 students. Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang, who gave this update in reply to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Wednesday (Apr 3), said MOE regularly engages school-based SCCs on their programmes. They are required to provide weekly outdoor programmes and enrichment activities while all registered community-based SCCs have to meet the standards stipulated by MSF, including providing a structured daily programme for students.