Singapore legislation

Regulation 44

of Early Childhood Development Centres Regulations 2018

Regulation 44

Programme staff-child ratio and supervision for infant class

Amended byS 484/2022 wef 01/07/2022

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (2), a licensee must ensure that for every infant class at the licensee’s centre, the ratio of infant educators to children enrolled in that class is not less than 1:5 at all times during the centre’s operating hours.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) does not apply, if —

(a)

the infant educators of the infant class are assisted by one or more programme helpers; and

(b)

the licensee ensures that at all times during the centre’s operating hours —

(i)

the ratio of the aggregate number of infant educators and programme helpers to children enrolled in that class is not less than 1:5; and

(ii)

the ratio of the infant educators to programme helpers mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) is not less than 1:1.