KOTA SAMARAHAN: A total of seven new kindergartens and four new daycare centres throughout Sarawak have begun operating this year, starting from January.
Among them are Sedidik Taman Merdang Kindergarten, Samarahan, Sedidik BDA Bintulu Kindergarten, Star Wonderland Kuching Kindergarten, Super Good Kids Samarahan Kindergarten, Mutiara Kasih Samarahan Kindergarten, Sedidik Rumah Seliau Selangau Kindergarten, Sedidik Long Tebanyi Baram Kindergarten.
While the Workplace Daycare Centre (TTK) Sedidik UiTM Samarahan will be in March, TTK Sedidik Baitulmakmur 2 Kuching (May), Sedidik Betong Daycare Centre (June) and PPKS Kuching TTK (Sept).
Deputy Minister of Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Datuk Rosey Yunus said, the continuous establishment of kindergartens and daycare centres in Sarawak aims to empower the role of women in the workforce and ensure the safety of children sent to registered caregivers.
“So far, we have 232 daycare centres, 20 kindergartens, 84 Kemas daycare centres, four Unity daycare centres, 16 under the Sarawak Islamic Council Education Service Bureau (BPPMIS), 69 Institutional daycare centres, 28 home daycare centres, three Community daycare centres, and eight TTKs for the entire Sarawak.
“This is our hope so that parents can work with ease and at the same time empower women in the state of Sarawak,” she said.
She said this when met by reporters after visiting the Rumah IQ Cerdik Desa Ilmu Samarahan Daycare Centre here today (Feb 8).
She stressed that the visit aimed to continuously monitor the handling of TTK while seeking efforts to improve the initiative to ensure its efficiency.
“TTK is a support system that greatly helps working parents; if we look at the children here, all their parents are working.
“So for me, TTK is a support system that is very helpful, especially to working parents.
“Thank you to TTK operators because with TTK like this, parents can work peacefully,” she said.
As of December 2023, she said, there were 20 TTKs throughout Sarawak consisting of 11 under Sedidik, eight private, and one under BPPMIS.
Establishment of Workplace Daycare Centres (TTK) is a support system for working parents.
The existence of TTK reduces parents’ concerns about the safety of their children while they are working.
This helps parents to focus more on work and indirectly contributes to the productivity and quality of agency service delivery.
