Data on Educators' Working Hours, Non-teaching Workload and Retention Through ECDA Job Redesign Project

Parliament of Singapore · 8 September 2026

Official Report, 8 September 2026, Vol 96, Issue 35 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

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Dr Charlene Chen asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) whether ECDA's sector-wide job redesign project will measure actual changes in educators' working hours, non-teaching workload and retention; and (b) whether the findings and resulting recommendations will be published.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: The Early Childhood Development Agency has embarked on a sector-wide job redesign to enhance the overall value proposition of an early childhood career and improve educators' daily work experience.

To validate the effectiveness of the job redesign solutions, we will track actual working hours and workload, among other indicators. The findings and recommendations will be shared with key sector stakeholders to support the scale-up of the final solutions.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 8 September 2026. Republished on SGParliament.