Rise in demand for student care services as providers up the game with mindfulness, enrichment classes

Children in Nascans at Gambas. The community-based centre said enrolment has grown 2.5 times over the past five years. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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SINGAPORE - More parents are turning to after-school care services, with the rise of dual-income households in which both mum and dad work and children are left unsupervised otherwise.

Service providers are also upping their game by offering creative programmes, such as enrichment activities - from coding and robotics to mindfulness classes.

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