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MOE on Monday said that staff at the affected schools had stepped up to ensure the continuity of after-school care.<\/p>\n
It also said that affected parents were not required to pay for the after-school care services for February and March.<\/p>\n
Further support will also be provided to affected families to help them transition to the new centres, MOE said.<\/p>\n
This includes covering the cost of the centre fees for affected students for April and May.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the month of June, if the new fees charged are higher, parents will pay only what they were previously charged by LPLC. MOE will bear the difference in fees between the replacement operator and LPLC for that month.<\/p>\n
For students from lower-income families, student care fee assistance and KCare subsidies are available to cover most of the fee increase, if any, beyond June 2026, MOE said.<\/p>\n
MOE said that based on tender results, the new fees charged by the replacement operators are “generally higher than LPLC\u2019s”.<\/span><\/p>\n This ranges from S$250 (US$194) to S$320 (S$400 to S$425 for KCare), compared with S$234.60 to S$295 (S$346.80 to S$360 for KCare) previously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “We thank our teachers, parents and the community for working with us through the disruptions.<\/p>\n “Our schools will continue to work with the replacement operators to provide good quality and reliable SCC and KCare services for our students.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n