NTUC Childcare group has been renamed NTUC First Campus to better reflect the range of services it provides. 'In the past three decades, NTUC Childcare has evolved its range of services from childcare to teacher training and child development research. The new name reflects these changes,' said group CEO Chan Tee Seng.
Besides running childcare centres, it also has a training arm Regional Training and Resource Centre in Early Childhood Care and Education for Asia and child study centre The Caterpillar's Cove.
Centres which are located in HDB void decks will now be known as My First Skool centres.
It also runs centres located at places like community clubs and workplaces under the name The Little Skool-House International.
The group decided to use the word 'skool' to reflect its philosophy of not penalising children when they make mistakes such as spelling words wrongly.