2024年5月8日，新加坡社會和家庭發展部部長馬善高在國會書面答覆裕廊集選區議員陳有明醫生一些區域面臨幼兒園供應不足的原因。
以下內容為新加坡眼根據國會英文資料翻譯整理：
23. 陳有明醫生（裕廊集選區議員）詢問社會和家庭發展部部長：
(a)社會與家庭發展部是否研究過一些區域面臨學前教育供應不足的原因，特別是在建屋局預購組屋（BTO）的建造階段早期就為這些區域規劃了學前班？
(b) 在此情況下，政府機構如何幫助家長？
馬善高（社會與家庭發展部長）先生：幼兒培育署（ECDA）根據每個規劃區的人口統計、預計居民出生組群、入學趨勢和現有供應情況，來制定學前教育名額，以滿足預計需求。從2018 年到 2023 年，我們增加了4萬多個全日制學前教育名額，增幅約為25%。如今，全日制學前教育的學位已超過20 萬個，足以滿足全國和規劃區域的需求。
然而，由於家長的偏好各不相同，部分地區可能會出現供不應求的情況。這種情況只發生在極少數地區。在這些地區，幼兒培育署（ECDA）與建屋局（HDB）和現有運營商合作，在可行的情況下，盤活可用的空置平台和公共空間，用於學習教育中心的增建和擴建。幼兒培育署（ECDA）還與經營者合作，為這些地區的學前教育機構重新部署人力。
如果家長對學前教育有迫切需求，我們鼓勵他們儘可能擴大學前教育的選擇範圍，例如考慮鄰近社區、父母工作場所附近或祖父母家有空位的學前教育機構。為協助家長尋找學前教育機構，幼兒培育署（ECDA）在LifeSG應用程式上設計了一個新的學前教育機構搜索功能，家長可通過該功能查找有空位的學前教育中心，並直接與學前教育機構聯繫報名事宜。
以下是英文質詢內容：
REASONS WHY SOME PRECINCTS ARE FACED WITH INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF PRESCHOOLS
23 Dr Tan Wu Meng asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) whether the Ministry has studied the reasons why some precincts face an insufficient supply of preschools especially when a preschool was planned for the precinct earlier during the Housing and Development Board Build-to-Order (HDB BTO) construction phase; and (b) how are Government agencies helping parents in such situations.
Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) plans for preschool places to meet projected demand, based on the demographics, projected resident birth cohort, enrolment trends and existing supply in each Planning Area. From 2018 to 2023, we have added more than 40,000 full-day preschool places, or about a 25% increase. Today, there are over 200,000 full-day preschool places, which is more than sufficient to meet demand at both the national and Planning Area levels.
Nevertheless, demand can exceed supply at the district level due to varying parent preferences. This occurs only in a very small number of districts. In such areas, ECDA works with the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and existing operators to activate available void deck and communal spaces for centre additions and extensions, where feasible. ECDA also works with operators to redeploy manpower to preschools in these areas.
Where parents have an urgent need for preschool, we encourage them to broaden their choice of preschools where possible, such as by considering preschools with available vacancies in adjacent neighbourhoods, near parents' workplaces or in the vicinity of grandparents' homes. To support parents in their search, ECDA has designed a new preschool search on LifeSG, which allows parents to look for centres with available vacancies and contact preschools directly on enrolment.
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