The government of Singapore has put in place a strict regulatory framework that seeks to guide anyone wishing to establish a private kindergarten school in Singapore. These regulations seek to ensure that all individuals and entities for that matter, wishing to establish a private kindergarten school in Singapore have the capacity to provide children with high quality education and learning facilities. At the same time, these regulations also seek to actually encourage private investors who are willing and actually have the capacity to invest in kindergarten education in Singapore to actually go ahead and do so. The main objective of these regulations is to ensure that the general education system in Singapore is not undermined by the activities of private entities and at the same time, encourage private investors to invest in the country’s elementary education system.
Precisely, a person seeking to set up a kindergarten school in Singapore must adhere to regulations pertaining kindergarten curriculum coverage, kindergarten teacher qualification provisions, provisions relating to equal access to education across by the lower and middle income families and regulatory framework regarding the overall performance of private kindergarten institutions. These regulations and provisions seek to enhance the overall quality of preschool education and access to such learning and education notwithstanding whether the learning is provided by either the government or the private sector.