NTUC Childcare Co-operative Ltd began operations as a co-operative on 1 April 1992 having been part of the NTUC since 1977.

Currently it has 40 centres, and care for over 4,000 children. Its centres offer full-day early childhood care and education and an excellent bilingual pre-school programme in English and Mandarin for children from 18 months to 6 years of age. In 2004 NTUC Childcare launched its infantcare centres, where qualified and committed staff care for babies 2 months to 18 months old.

RTRC Asia, NTUC Childcare’s training and consultancy arm, is also a leading training agency in early childhood care and education, providing a range of training courses and workshops for childcare professionals in Singapore and the region. It offers consultancy on workplace childcare, customised training and projects in early childhood development and education.

Its head office is at block 70 Geylang Bahru. (Tel: 6391 9233; Fax: 6293 3460; Website: http://www.ntuc-childcare.com/)