Manpower Resources in Early Childhood Sector

35 Miss Rachel Ong asked the Minister for Social and Family Development whether the Early Childhood Development Agency will provide guidelines on the use of personal mobile devices by educators at childcare centres and require photo and video updates of a child’s progress to be recorded via company-issued devices only.

36 Ms Nadia Ahmad Samdin asked the Minister for Social and Family Development what are the checks and balances in place for (i) teachers and principals to safely report incidents of alleged ill-treatment in their centres and (ii) the mental well-being and stress levels of early childhood educators to be monitored, in order for timely support to be provided.

37 Ms Nadia Ahmad Samdin asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) whether there is a shortage of qualified early childhood educators and staff; and (b) what measures are being considered to increase manpower resources in the early childhood sector.

38 Ms Mariam Jaafar asked the Minister for Social and Family Development whether a code of conduct for preschool teachers can be implemented in the preschool sector.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: These questions were addressed in the reply to Question Nos 33 to 52 for Oral Answer on the Order Paper for 18 September 2023. [Please refer to "Update on Investigations into Alleged Mistreatment of Children at Centres of Preschool Chain", Official Report, 18 September 2023, Vol 95, Issue 111, Oral Answers to Questions section.]