An estimated 50,000 preschoolers are expected to benefit from science, technology, engineering, maths, innovation and entrepreneurship (STEMIE) courses across all PAP Community Foundation (PCF) Sparkletots preschools over the next two years.

The programme was launched to keep preschool educations in pace with the times while ensuring that tuition fees for pre-primary education remains affordable.

STEMIE classes are now offered primarily to Kindergarten 1 & 2 pupils and the programme has so far benefitted over 13,000 students across 180 Sparkletots pre-school centres.

A total of 50,000 children are expected to benefit from the expansion of the programme across all 320 Sparkletots schools over the next two years.