The Career Conversion Programme (CCP) for Infant and Early Years Educators offered by National Institute of Early Childhood Development (NIEC) provides participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to interact, plan and implement programmes, and set up conducive environments in childcare settings for children from birth to three years of age.
Under the CCP for Infant and Early Years Educators programme, newly hired participants will undergo a 600-hour programme with classroom and on-the-job training conducted over eight months. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will register with the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) as a certified Early Years 2 Educator to care for infants, playgroups & pre-nursery groups and children from two (2) months to three (3) years of age ECDA-licensed Early Childhood Development Centres.
NIEC is the national training institute set up by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to strengthen the foundational training and professional development of Singapore’s early childhood educators at different stages of their career.
Minimum Qualifying Salary
To attract more mid-career switchers to join the EC sector, Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) will introduce a Minimum Qualifying Salary for the Career Conversion Programmes (CCPs) for Early Childhood with effect from 1 June 2023.
CCPs
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Minimum Qualifying Salary (Monthly)*
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CCP for Infant & Early Years Educator
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$1,900
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*The salary refers to the fixed monthly salary received by CCP trainee(s) from their employer during the CCP training, comprising basic monthly salary and fixed monthly allowance (if any).