knowledge universe preschools - Pat's, LV, Odyssey, Brighton

[mooncalf]

This thread has been dormant awhile. I requested to view the premises at Brighton Montessori at Mountbatten and was told to wait 4 weeks for a slot. Obviously this place is still ‘popular’. Wanting to find more info online and I chanced upon this. Anyone can update what’s a full day fee/month nowadays for PN?

[dardar63]

Heard odyssey having a price increase of $200

[auntieM]

mooncalf:

This thread has been dormant awhile. I requested to view the premises at Brighton Montessori at Mountbatten and was told to wait 4 weeks for a slot. Obviously this place is still 'popular'. Wanting to find more info online and I chanced upon this. Anyone can update what's a full day fee/month nowadays for PN?

Are you referring to the new Brighton at 764 Mountbatten where Etonhouse used to be? If that's the one I must say it is really nicely done up.. ...

[mooncalf]

tudor house decor and all that is all well and good but… $$$???


and i’m not even gonna complain about the 4 weeks wait just to view the premises… cos my wife signed up to wait anyways!

[mooncalf]

dardar63:

Heard odyssey having a price increase of $200

so how much is odyssey now?

[dardar63]

Should be full day 2000.

[mooncalf]

thanks! guess brighton should be around the same range then

[dardar63]

Brighton full day about 1800

[arielle08]

Saw the whole page advert in the papers today from KU for teachers’ day.

Must be earning big bucks to advertise the whole page.

Notice that the KU chain is getting bigger, with more brands under them.

[happydaddy]

The government should come in to help subsidy the rent and salary for all childcare.


I understand KU situation. It is very hard to get local to join the workforce. The only way is to make the pay attractive. To bring the cost down, foreign worker is the way, but the government make it so expensive to bring in the fw, indirectly the cost pass to the parents. And again, not many Singaporean like to clean poo poo. Ask yrself, will you clean yr parents when they are old and disable? Or pass the job to a maid?

The government keeps saying improve productivity. Not all sector can do that. Childcare is one of them. instead, should reduce the productivity. Can the Childcare increase the children yet maintain the number of teachers? No!

Most Parents are always demanding/abusive/not appreciative. They always think this is a maid job. Always question and doubt the teacher. Exactly the same way as treating their own maid. But their maid is under contract, no choice but to bear, Singaporean teachers are mobile, they can just quit. Only fw teachers have no choice but to face the problem as they are under contract. That is why, Singaporean mostly shun the job or keep hoping till they find a Childcare less children, less work and less complain yet high pay. (I also want)

Again, The bastard landlord is forever hungry for $. Always asking for sky high rent every 2/3 yrs.

If the childcare closed down, it will create demand for other childcare nearby which result fee increment too once their landlord know they are doing well.

All the factors combined, typical childcare average 2 yrs the childcare will ask for fee increment is reasonable.

We need to change our mindset toward Childcare teacher. Appreciate them. Make them feel important, then they will stay in the line, indirectly , more pple will join the trade. Then the reliance on fw will be less.

Our mindset is, my pay can increase, but not yours is utterly wrong. Your salary increase every year, so are the Childcare rental, your fellow Singaporean (teachers) pay.

If you cannot afford, just move to another centre.