57 MOE kindergartens available for K1 admission in 2027
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Children engaged in physical activity in an MOE kindergarten.
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SINGAPORE – Parents who wish to register their children for Kindergarten 1 admission in 2027 at Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens can do so from March 23.
The registration exercise, open to children of Singapore citizens and permanent residents, born between Jan 2, 2022, and Jan 1, 2023, will run until March 31.
Parents can complete the registration on the MOE Kindergarten website
These children will enjoy priority admission to the primary school where the kindergarten is located, subject to available vacancies.
There are about 7,900 Kindergarten 1 places across 57 MOE kindergartens available in this exercise, or about 140 places per centre. This includes MK@Rivervale, which will open in 2027.
Parents can attend the open houses of individual centres between March 7 and 28 to learn more about the programmes and facilities available prior to registration.
MOE kindergartens cater to children aged five and six, and were set up to provide quality and affordable pre-school education, as well as raise the quality of early childhood education practices here.
Designed by MOE curriculum specialists, the programme focuses on holistic development, imparting social skills and building a foundation in literacy and numeracy, as well as preparing children for Primary 1.
All MOE kindergartens offer the three mother tongue languages – Chinese, Malay and Tamil. The ministry said this is to encourage bilingualism in the early years and lay a strong foundation for language learning.
They also offer full-day care services called Kindergarten Care.
For Mr Muhammad Aqil, 35, a civil servant, the decision to enrol his second child at MK@Westwood in 2025 was an easy one.
Monthly fees, paid through the Child Development Account, cost less than $200 after subsidies, he said.
Mr Muhammad Aqil, 35, said his daughter, a K2 pupil in MK@ Westwood, will benefit from learning Tamil there and an easier transition to Westwood Primary School in 2027.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF MUHAMMAD AQIL
The kindergarten offers Tamil, which has provided his daughter, Asheera Ezael Muhammad Aqil, six, with an early foundation in the learning of her mother tongue.
The kindergarten is located in Westwood Primary School, where Mr Aqil plans to enrol her in 2027, since his eldest son is also a pupil there.
He noted that the transition to primary school was hard for his son, who is currently in Primary 2. The boy attended another pre-school centre, and thus had to get used to a new learning environment in primary school. The kindergarten also did not offer Tamil.
“He learnt Chinese at Sparkletots, and we thought he would be able to catch up in Primary 1 when he started learning Tamil. But he had a lot of difficulty,” said Mr Aqil, who also has a one-year-old son.
In contrast, Asheera, who is now in K2, is used to the school environment and has had opportunities to interact with the school’s staff and students.
“The kindergarten children have attended events in the school hall together with the primary school students. So I think she will be more ready to enter Primary 1 next year,” he said.
