Sun Xueling on growing the early childhood educator workforce
Singapore’s early childhood educator workforce grew from over 18,000 in 2018 to over 25,000 currently. The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) has been working with Government-supported preschools to grow their local and foreign workforce, as well as optimise manpower deployment to ensure that the centres are adequately staffed. Minister of State for Social and Family Development Sun Xueling, who gave this update in Parliament on Tuesday (Jan 7) in response to MPs' questions, said an estimated 1,500 more educators will be needed in the coming years. She said the Ministry of Social and Family Development will grow the sector workforce while maintaining high standards of skills and competencies. It will work with ECDA to monitor the planned expansion of preschool services, as well as with stakeholders to ensure a sufficient supply of quality early childhood educators.
Singapore’s early childhood educator workforce grew from over 18,000 in 2018 to over 25,000 currently. The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) has been working with Government-supported preschools to grow their local and foreign workforce, as well as optimise manpower deployment to ensure that the centres are adequately staffed. Minister of State for Social and Family Development Sun Xueling, who gave this update in Parliament on Tuesday (Jan 7) in response to MPs' questions, said an estimated 1,500 more educators will be needed in the coming years. She said the Ministry of Social and Family Development will grow the sector workforce while maintaining high standards of skills and competencies. It will work with ECDA to monitor the planned expansion of preschool services, as well as with stakeholders to ensure a sufficient supply of quality early childhood educators.
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