Governmentality of early childhood education in Singapore: Contemporary issues

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of Singapore’s early care and education landscape, as contextualized within the nation’s unique economic and sociopolitical setting. It introduces Singapore’s political and cultural history as a British colony as a backdrop to understanding the development of subsequent current educational policies. The chapter considers key government initiatives in the private preschool sector vis-à-vis the government-run primary and secondary school system and the educational issues arising in the last decade.