Section 2 of Early Childhood Development preschools (ECDC) Act defines an ECDC service as “the provision of care or education, or care and education, habitually of 5 or more children who are below 7 years of age, for a fee, reward or profit by a person who is not a relative or guardian of all the children”.

You may wish to refer to “The Schedule” in the Early Childhood Development preschools Act for the types of enrichment preschools that are exempted under the Act at https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/ECDCA2017#Sc-.

Should you wish to find out more about registering for private schools, you may also refer to Ministry of Education website at https://www.moe.gov.sg/private-education/register-school.