Petition to ministers to regulate pre-school fees

[jamestan197300]

Dear Parents,


I sympathise with your plight.

Please join in the petition to regulate fees, we need more voices. Please read the following thread.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... =3&t=34124

James

[jamestan197300]

Dear Parents,


I sympathise with your plight.

Please join in the petition to regulate fees, we need more voices. Please read the following thread.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... =3&t=34124

James

[jamestan197300]

Congrats.


BTW you might want to join the petition since you have a good many years to put you kid to childcare and kindergarten.

Please join in the petition to regulate fees, we need more voices. Please read the following thread.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... =3&t=34124

James

[jamestan197300]

Dear Parents,


I sympathise with your plight on the fee increase.

Please join in the petition to regulate fees, we need more voices. Please read the following thread.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... =3&t=34124

James

[tiredmummy1972]

Thank you James and all the mums/dads who also shared on the preschool hike in fees.

This is really so horrid.

will exclude these schools in my list and let all my fellow friends with young kids know about this!

[phtthp]

Straits Times, 23 April 2012


Parents up in arms over pre-school fee hikes

Upset with frequent feehikes by childcare centres and kindergarten, a group of parents have started a petition urging the authorities to step in.

They are calling on the authorities to form a committee to oversee fee adjustments, and limit such increases to only once every two years.

These parents said the fee hikes - which can go up to hundreds of dollars - can be a financial burden on them.

They are especially upset with fee increases during the school year, which leave them little choice but to pay up to avoid the hassle of finding a new school.

source
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_791719.html

[jamestan197300]

Dear parents,


Thanks for your support. The petition has really got things going especially with article on Straits Times.

Please continue to show your support. I am targeting 200 petitions before sending to the ministers, I am currently only at 20-30. Please send this to your friends, fellow parents etc.

Regards,

James

[phtthp]

Yes, journalists / reporters are actively reading this KSP forum website.


dear parents,

please continue to garner support of this important petition.
Only when there is UNITY, then there is STRENGTH.

we want to stop this MONOPOLY of high escalating, pre-school kindergarten school fees. Some of these kindergarten operators are not local, but foreigners.

[jamestan197300]

Dear Parents,


The petition was featured on straits times. Please continue to show your support of the petition by emailing me at jamestan197300@gmail.com
with a short message \"I support the petition to regulation pre-school fees\".

See thread for more details.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... =3&t=34124

James

Parents up in arms over pre-school fee hikes
Petition urges Govt to limit fee increases, form panel to oversee issue

Published on Apr 23, 2012

Ms Ruth Soh's daughter Caitlin attends Shaws Preschool, which increased its fees two years ago. However, Ms Soh was prepared for it as it announced the hike 18 months ahead, and the rise was gradual. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF RUTH SOHBy Tay Suan Chiang
Upset with frequent fee hikes by childcare centres and kindergartens, a group of parents have started a petition urging the authorities to step in.

They are calling on the authorities to form a committee to oversee fee adjustments, and limit such increases to only once every two years.

These parents said the fee hikes - which can go up to hundreds of dollars - can be a financial burden on them.

Background story
'No matter what the reason is, this price increase is unfair as parents would find it near impossible to refuse to submit to such a sudden move.'

Mrs Vivien Tan, 68, whose five-year-old grandson attends Kinderland Preschool, which will raise fees in June
They are especially upset with fee increases during the school year, which leave them little choice but to pay up to avoid the hassle of finding a new school.

[jamestan197300]

Dear Parents,


The petition was featured on straits times. Please continue to show your support of the petition by emailing me at jamestan197300@gmail.com
with a short message \"I support the petition to regulation pre-school fees\".

See thread for more details.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... =3&t=34124

James

Parents up in arms over pre-school fee hikes
Petition urges Govt to limit fee increases, form panel to oversee issue

Published on Apr 23, 2012

Ms Ruth Soh's daughter Caitlin attends Shaws Preschool, which increased its fees two years ago. However, Ms Soh was prepared for it as it announced the hike 18 months ahead, and the rise was gradual. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF RUTH SOHBy Tay Suan Chiang
Upset with frequent fee hikes by childcare centres and kindergartens, a group of parents have started a petition urging the authorities to step in.

They are calling on the authorities to form a committee to oversee fee adjustments, and limit such increases to only once every two years.

These parents said the fee hikes - which can go up to hundreds of dollars - can be a financial burden on them.

Background story
'No matter what the reason is, this price increase is unfair as parents would find it near impossible to refuse to submit to such a sudden move.'

Mrs Vivien Tan, 68, whose five-year-old grandson attends Kinderland Preschool, which will raise fees in June
They are especially upset with fee increases during the school year, which leave them little choice but to pay up to avoid the hassle of finding a new school.