Singapore is building mega childcare centers
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2018
- Singapore has an ambitious plan for the quality of life for its youngest citizens and their parents: quality and affordable childcare. The goal is not only to offer early childhood education and support to parents - but also increase the birthrate.
In the next five years, the government's goal is to help create 200,000 spots for babies as young as two months to six years in large early childhood development (ECD) centers that dot the island. These mega childcare centers can hold anywhere from 300 to 1,000 children.
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Affordable daycare is crucial for working parents, hope this program succeeds so concept can be used elsewhere.
I think the Trump administration is tackling that issue right meow
Lili beatifi
Yeah, expats don't have a cap! Double standards.
As a Singaporean, I thought it would've been interesting if the documentary had featured some of the ways these mega centres work differently from other childcare centres such as the PAP childcare.
It doesn't quite show how the teachers and principles manage the scale of these places, given that young children require extra attention, and how kiasu Singaporean parents are managed as well by the educators.
Totally, there is a lot more to this story! We're going to keep following this and other innovations in Singapore.
Because the documentary has a slant it wants to present
@@Qznews As a Singaporean high schooler, I can safely say that the Singaporean school system has a dark underbelly waiting to be uncovered, which I believe needs to be uncovered and analysed from a fresh perspective, such as Quartz's. From normalised child abuse, to rampant elitism, to a billion-dollar private tuition industry... Hope to see content about this in the future :-)
@@mayaraisha1809 glad you exposing the truth!!!!!!
@@mayaraisha1809 It's not the system, its the society. We can choose not to be part of this private tuition. Speaking from experience, I only went to tuition for 1 year then got out of it because I finally caught up with my school work.
Elitism and abuse is the mindset passed by the previous generation. The new generation shouldn't follow that.
I'm a preschool teacher in New Zealand, and my only concern with this ''chain'' of centres, given it's large student size (1000 kids at one of them!), would be teacher to child ratio.
i.e. small groups of children to adults, so that they can learn in a stimulating environment. Large class sizes when children are that young aren't good for the children and aren't good for the teachers. The children won't get the indivualized attention they need to engage in learning and the teachers will burn out due to the stress of planning, paperwork and just being with that many children day to day.
But I love that the government are getting behind early childhood education and see it as something inherently valuable to the children themselves and society as a whole, and making it afforable for families. And that they value their teachers as the skilled professionals that they (we) are. This is a fantastic initiative.
I'm a New Zealander too
Indeed, it would be tough for a teacher to attend to many kids at once but the classes in the video looked fairly small. Perhaps because Singapore is a collectivist society, the large numbers may suggest that they are interested in bringing up children with similar values such as thinking about "We" as opposed to "I"? It's difficult to say what might happen if children were raised to be more individualistic when collectivism is so deeply ingrained into the Eastern culture especially at home.
the video doesn't mention class sizes, but i completely agree that too many per teacher isn't a good idea... perhaps the smart people in Singapore already know that
@@Vlican Hi I'm a pre-school teacher from Singapore :) Normally in each class, there will be 2 teachers. An English teacher and a second language teacher (Malay, Mandarin or Tamil). If the class has younger students, there might even be an assistant teacher. The student to teacher ratio is about 1 teacher to 5 - 10 children. The younger the class's age, the smaller the class size.
Good to know! We have similar regulations regarding class sizes for childcare here in Canada as well.
And this is why Singapore has the smartest kids topping all 4 categories of PISA. Damn that’s impressive
So they basically have the best ability to stuff and vomit them on a paper, this isn't what smartness should be judged on, creativity, problem solving skills, attitude towards problems, morality, ability to work in a team, ability to use knowledge instead of storage, influence, analytical approach, decision making skills, I can go on forever, judging smartness is not so simple
Im singaporean and I hate the education system here I feel like im just an information machine
Felicia Goh the schools are only able to provide you with knowledge of your surroundings. It’s up to you, how you wish to use it.
@@feliciagoh4297 Just opt out then but accept the consequences. As soon as you complete the mandatory education and you don't even have to pass. It is sad that you actually complain about being given an opportunity to learn.I suggest you go marry a pinoy and your kids can roam the streets of Manila freely and not go to school.
@@mikethm1974 the system is better than most of the world but it could be better. I cant opt out too. I hate it but I have to accept the system if not I cant survive cause academic meritocracy is the only to live here. Theres no room for excellence in other fields. Im lucky im getting an education at all but im I truly lucky being weighted down everyday and being compared to others that im not good enough at the expense of my mental health?
If governments want to solve the LOW BIRTH RATES problem, this is literally how you do it. But nooo, instead I've got a 12 month waiting list for 2 of my local daycares.
Exactly. So many people WANT to have more babies, but are struggling to survive. When the choice is between having one child in an average lifestyle or subjecting four to a life of poverty, most responsible parents choose the first option.
They tried everything for many, many decades. But instead, they solved it through increased immigration as did Australia. Hence 2-3% steady increase per year for last twenty years. Now the mom and pop stores can sell more.
you can thank privatized day care for that. and state licensing with student to teach ratio and fire codes for buildings and classrooms. one of the main reasons i work in day care is to have priority when sending my child to day care. plus i got on the wait list for my own work place at 11 weeks pregnant. i know many churches have day care. but this is the price we pay to have the government not interfere with our lives too much.
Well, start your own daycare then. 12 months waiting list means great business opportunity.
@@ihl0700677525 LOL. True. But people don't want to deal with kids.
Totally Agree, i'm a new assistant childcare educator work in Melbourne. I really hope in future i have the opportunity or time go to Singapore work with them, is a good way to let children to build up their social development with other people beside family member. I'm not sure you guys heard before this sentence " Children learn through play" children will build up their all development from play or experience that they are go through. I'm not sure whether is true but different background children when to childcare, they learn new language is faster than other that not going to childcare, this is happen in Melbourne.
Thank you for your insights, Natalie.
Totally agree too
We really hope this kind of childcare can be build in Shanghai in the future.
I agree it be an amazing opportunity to work over seas❤️
Initiatives like this work in countries where citizens value the citizen to the left and right of them. If the society believes as a whole, "every man for themselves," then these program will not work. I am glad to see that when humanity is put first, great things can be accomplished.
'every man for himself' is largely a usa idea. and relatively recent one too (past 50-60 years). I haven't seen this concept too much outside usa. in almost all asian countries, they know success comes from a more collective approach. family and neighborhood is important.
Extremely important step for competing in today’s hyper competitive world. As a Singaporean, I applaud our government’s initiative.
Summer Snow it’s hyper competitive because they have too many people.
@Martin Lee How are they brainwatshed?
I always believe no one owes us a living. We owe ourselves our own competitiveness. Develop our kids to be competitive on a global basis. It's already so tough competiting in a globalized world, don't let them lose out before even starting the race. If others think otherwise or think this is brain washing, it's
fine with me.
Summer Snow what I love about Scandinavians is that they still work even with high taxes. Some are lazy but the majority don’t feel like it’s about entitlement, it’s about being civilised and patriotic. Helping others and they help you. Long hours don’t mean higher productivity either. The Scandinavians have to get as much work done as possible in 5-6 hours. They still compete but do what they want rather than be status driven.
Don't teach a child anything because you are brain washing them
As opposed to the US where the trend seems to be toward homeschooling and isolating children from a world too many parents perceive as evil
Kids are more isolated when not home schooled.
Dekimate how do you figure?
Understandable when school shooting occurs more frequent than having a period.
Boombaoppaya _ Rare in other nations and nonexistent in Asian cultures, why do you believe school shootings are so common in the US?
LagiNaLangAko23
The majority of homeschoolers in the US are still “Christian” fundamentalists, but homeschooling is growing
I hope America I'll be Civilized enough one day to Fund a Proper educational system.
Love this video, feel like this should be happening everywhere in the world. Quality child care is definitely everything !
No the bonding between the mother ans the child is the most important Part of the life! Thats a psychologic fact!
@@paulbauer6353 they also need to socialize many hours per day, which nowadays sadly does not happen anymore especially in big cities where they even have to be brought to parks to be able to socialize, which is ridiculous.
@@Maurazio In the first 3 years the only thing they need is the caring and loving mother. After that they are ready to even socialize properly.
I wish to have a good Preschool like this in Philippines.
A good government initiative
Wallstreet kindergarten 😎
....the subtitles are totally off-sync and incomprehensible. Please fix!!!
Wonderful. Singapore knows what's up.
I'm a proud early years educator in the UK, but love watching international videos for ideas
Always so much to learn.
I HAVE to continue working and want to look after my baby....but howww....
Today, the parent send their kid to childcare centre. Tomorrow, the child will return the gratitude by sending their parent to nursing home
you are definitely not asian
@LagiNaLangAko23 Western societies never used to put their elderly in nursing homes either, they were cared for at home by their own families. But then as western countries became wealthy and developed busy, affluent lifestyles things changed and an entire aged care industry sprang into existence. The same thing is already happening in more affluent Asian countries such as Japan and Korea. Even in China they are now facing a crisis as fewer elderly people are living with their children and poverty among the elderly is increasing. The introduction of these sterile, behemoth childcare centres will effectively make the role of grandparents redundant as carers of the children. Once the role of grandparents has been reduced and the mentality of outsourcing care has been introduced we'll see how long it takes for Singapore to go down the same path.
This person just want sour grapes comment becos he/she cant even give birth...
The “Crazy Rich” kids go to different schools - these are for the common little people...
Everywhere in the world Crazy Rich are different - - well maybe except Finland/Sweden
Aww so proud of Singapore. As a preschool teacher I know how hard it can be to convince the government/people that ECE especially play based is important.
Dont Sweden already have this?
Nice, i love to see people planning for the future and trying to do their best to improve it for our progeny!
Singapore is a model for cities/states around the world.
Singapore is always leading the way . Amazing place .
Props to the people who run these childcare centers. My mom runs an in-house preschool/daycare center and I don't know how she does it
Thanks for posting. Loving it from Canada 😄
I’m singaporean and I didn’t know this lmao
Children learning how to be children and social skills out side of home ideals of people around there environment.... Witch maynot be so well...... I like the model... Its filling it with richness ie art on walls and colorful funiture and such... This is stuff dreams are made of
I would support such things
this one is in a park ... www.indesignlive.sg/projects/sengkang-riverside-park-early-learning-centre-freight-architects
*Kids can benefit from nice environments.*
The parents would benefit, if the monthly fee was a bit lower :-)
Very good initiative towards children's welfare. Best wishes.
Child care is so important for a child's development. I'm seeing it first hand as my niece has been going to a private nursery since she was 8 months old, she is now 3 and she can already read, write and converse with adults at an impressive level. I didn't realise how advance she was until one of our family friends brought her daughter who is a year older to the house and you could immediately see the difference. I think it is so important that kids from as soon as possible get put into a social learning environment, it is so essential to their upbringing and it's giving them a head start in life
I'm very ambitious to this and I want to enroll my self... (jst kddng)
I love what Singapore doing for their little kids.
This is interesting. Sounds like by solving one issue, they will be solving many more. I like this forward thinking.
Am teaching at the kindergarten as well here in Germany, but seems like the children in Singapore are very calm and obey what the teachers say. Our 1.5-6 years old children are very wild and loud and cannot really sit still. Is it due to an Asian culture? I wish the kids in our school are like yours there!
I live near Paris and I can assure you that French creche is not for free, it can be up to 800 Euros per month depending on your salary. Interesting video though.
omg sandboxes
The more important thing is... kids be kids. Play n play n play.
What do you think they're doing in these places? Coal mining?
Blue North why on earth would you assume that when given zero indication of it?
@@callies8907 It is legal to cane boys in Singapore schools.
This reminds me of that ultranationalist kindergarten in Japan..
that's interesting! but is it the same as a kindergarten? if not, how it differs? thanks if someone can explain
technically, no. "Childcare" generally means up to 4 years of age (infant, nursery 1 and 2 ) is under the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA). K1 and K2 (5 & 6- year olds) are under the Ministry of Education(MOE), MOE Kindergartens (MKs) and usually have their own/seperate centers ... www.moe.gov.sg/microsites/moekindergarten/ . Not sure if the ECDA is also responsible for K1/K2 ( under 7-year olds ) . I think this is the biggest non-private "childcare" campus so far .... vimeo.com/224915501
Hi there! Childcare centres operate from 7am - 7pm and offers full day care service for children as young as 2 months old to 6 years old - Parents will drop their children at anytime before 9.00am and fetch them once they are back from work. The children will have their meals and even naps in school.. While kindergarten schools are usually shorter hours 3/4 hours in a day - just for the curriculum. Hope that helps!
Fix the english subs
just turn it off..
Can you do a video on the complicated tensions between Singapore and the middle-east?
Subtitles are out of sync :(
The subtitles are everything
Now, this is the kind of government program that can have an appreciable impact on fertility rates. Japan and South Korea should pay attention.
Elon Musk himself said that childcare is the most important place we can invest as a society.
$720 a month is expensive. How many times a week do the children attend the daycare?
6 days we week
My god I want to move there and become a preschool teacher!!!
this is so beautiful that im actually crying.. is this real?
I'm wondering what standards of quality these centers are being rated on. Looks like a LOT of whole group, which is not developmentally appropriate best practices for early childhood.
Depending on the age group but is usually only a few children to one teacher. The teacher to children ratio is pretty good actually if I am not wrong. There are also teaching assistants around at times to assist with feeding, napping time, washing time, etc
Since its Singapore, probably very high.
Awesome country!
How do Singaporeans view the male educators ? Just a curious question. In Australia (which is a country promoting lots of gender equalities) the vast majority doing this kind of job are still females..
It's a good initiative, but when do they play? Outside and inside free play is important developmental steps. Also, although the brain absorbs and they can learn a lot at an early age, the question is, should they. Research has shown that children that are put in a classroom situation at the age of 4, do not do any better at a later age than children that do not have lessons until they're 7.
I saw a man walking with an umbrella AND he was freeballing!
A lot of other countries need to learn from Singapore,especially mine
Singapore Government is doing a lot of things right for its citizens
We alredy have this kind of system in Germany since Years. It is just smaller.
nope. my kids not going to a preschool which spells school as skool and doesn’t capitalise proper nouns. 😂😂😂😂
whats in a name, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet - sakespear - the misspell is mine, to make the point.
O BRAVE NEW WORLD that has such people in it....
Hi greetings from Indonesia, I'm a kindergarten teacher
About the orange colour ... " In Confucianism, the religion and philosophy of ancient China, orange was the colour of transformation. ... In Buddhism orange (or more precisely saffron) was the colour of illumination, the highest state of perfection. ... In Europe and America orange and yellow are the colours most associated with amusement, frivolity and entertainment. ... Orange is the colour most easily seen in dim light or against the water, making it, particularly the shade known as safety orange " - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)#Culture,_associations_and_symbolism
so how do women return to work after giving birth in sg? that is teh gap not presented here
We need this for.college students
Hello! God concern too! With His prayers! ❤❤❤❤
What’s wrong with a declining birth rate? The country is very densely populated.
The orange shirts make me think of baby-sized jumpsuits for prisoners. :/
Hope it includes childcare for special needs children. And the teachers need to be able to know how and what children are, a basic of child psychology knowledge in place.
1000 kids under a roof ... great
Do not read the comments.
Why?
Why dress them in inmate orange though??
Nice
beautiful. ☺️
I speak as a Singaporean father. The math doesn't work. Half day childcare costs $700+ after subsidy. Full day don't need to say. Either me or my wife have to stop work to pick up the child from the childcare.
On the other hand, we hire a full time helper $600+ to take of child while we are working and household chores and dinner are all done and waiting for us after a long day of work. We can then focus on teaching our children specialized skills as are/were in the education sector
The caption is out of sync
"Please have more babies." XD Japan's PM would never say that.
Now I want to move their
whats the point? when singapore birthrate is not increasing
birthrate is not the only reason for the program. Other reasons ... 1, to mitigate the increasing class/economic disparities - 2, to decrease social/economic lifetime costs to society/country -3, to be competitive as a country by investing in human capital -4, it provides ~10,000 additional 1or2-year diploma jobs ( mainly for women and mothers returning to the job markets ) - 5, it's morally agreeable (many children are significantly disadvantaged without such program which will affect their lifetime well-being)
You know how the quality of government provided things is lol
I am 17 but already decided not to have kids because Singapore is too expensive
this was lovely
For complete and healthy children nothing can replace an intact family with both mother and father, and both having really time available for them.
No maids, no grandparents, and no childcare center whatever size can replace a good and strong family. And no mountains of money earned by both working parents either.
ideally ... but - 1, there are no qualifications to be a parent and 2, ~99% of the child abuses are committed by parents.
@@tocrob
That is true, but another subject.
The problem here in the first place is that both parents work, and children are left to maids and grand parents.
Maids are not the parents, and as foreigners even lesser qualified parents than the unqualified parents. About the grandmothers, well I am not saying they don't love the kids, but it is a completely different generation. With these at home the kids will sit on the sofa the entire day with an iPad or TV. Especially when they are very young, during the most important growing time, they are being deprived of social contacts and intellectual stimuli.
If then you compare with a qualified child care center, then the later is the better option indeed. But then, to my personal opinion the fruits of a healthy society are grown by all the kernels of healthy and intact families.
The Parent-Child Bond is about Quality of time than Quantity of time. A few hours of Good parenting is far better than Many hours of mediocre parenting.
720 dollars a month is...affordable? Why not offer free childcare like many European countries?
and subsidies for lower income households. The minimum cost after subsidies is ~$2.00 per month. Singapore has a "no free lunch" policy. The median household income from work is ~$9,000 per month in Singapore. Wealthier households make use of the parenthood tax rebate(s) ( up to $5000 annually per child - $15,000 max ). Because of the low effective tax rates, a family with one child earning $125,000 per year pays ~ $0.00 in tax for example.
I appreciate the government's initiative but kids still do better with the individualized attention from their mothers at home for these early years. I understand some or most parents can't stay home with their kids but that doesn't mean going straight back to work after having children is the best for the family.
Nothing was shown caring for infants. A very important stage of child rearing.
So cute! I want one haha
This mega childcare only accept up to nursery 2, yes its a big school, but the kids definitely wont lose out to those lower child to teacher ratio simply becos the teachers are ready to roll up their sleeves, put in the effort to engage every kids, my girl is from their pioneer batch. And the facilities is like what the poly or university student experience in their world class campus.
There are many people in India who can supplement Singapore's population
My 4 year old is home with me most of the day and I totally disagree that somehow he misses out. She gets way more attention and help and love than any of those kids do.
So cool!
Poor teachers and their assistants.
Anyone who has exposure in school management would understand this is slave driving. I appreciate kids education is good PR, but please take care of the care givers too.
Why is is slave driving? Is it because there are a lot of children?
@@milksomecows A lot of kids but not enough support teachers. Lead or form teachers have lessons to plan not including the daily routine. Not mentioning different support for children with special needs. Also, low salary in the education sector.
@@ainadena7318 Yeah there definitely isn't enough support. Salary sucks. But if you talking about these mega centres, then lesson plans are not an issue. My First Skool gives their teachers lesson plans.
Keep it up
To keep safe attachment, if a parent afford it, one of them or both of them different times, should if possible have the kid home until she or he is 3 or 4. Or else peer orientation and emotional problems might come. Or if not afford do so, do as much as possible hugging and kissing when baby is home with parents to keep attachment. Parents are and always will be the best for their children. Read Dr Gordon Neufelds books.
1:21 720 $ monthly fees ? Wtf ?
1:47, the paycheck is the reason
This is kind of a scam, the most revolutionary and successful people were mostly introverts who were in their house during their young age, just think about some and then check their childhood, most we're not very social, especially during their young times
for some families, $1.60 per month after subsidies/grants ( the story - www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/kids-who-miss-out-pre-school-risk-falling-behind ).
This looks nice and positive but it's not. One of the worst things to ever befall a society is when both parents, out of a desire to maintain a high standard of living (I. E. be as rich as their neighbors) go to work every day and leave little kids in the care of strangers. A kid that young deserves the special attention that only a parent can offer. Socialization? Nothing prevents several families from getting together and letting the kids play with one another.
This is just another example of governments trying to replace parents in wealthy nations.
Jonathan Darnel they still go home to their parents
700 bucks is way too expensive compare to in europe i only pay 60 bucks n only 10 kids per class with 3 teachers plus they do outdoor activities ...well having more kids is more expensive. every vacine in singapore for my baby cost me about 300 bucks plus consultation i used to pay about 400 plus per visit here in europe my baby got her vacine last month is free ....
Meanwhile in America childcare costs as much if not more than rent
54 dislikes I assume they are 54 aliens
That's the right move when your country has more working mom and dad. and at the same time teach children to learn how to socialized correctly since young.
They even included tamil
Am I wrong or isn't a declining birth rate supposed to be a good thing for an overpopulated country?
commuting is the problem not space ( even for Singapore). Once 5G is integrated into the daily lives, half of the commutes will not be necessary.
Singapore is not an overpopulated country by any means.
i wouldnt get a kid..... the smartphone addiction in sg is insane