Hi Angie,



I have checked many kindergartens and so far PCF is quite "strict" on vaccination. However, they themselves are confused. It said MMR is complusory and when I corrected them, then they said measles is complusory. Nothing mentioned on diphtheria until I told them. They told me they just follow the advice of HPB. PCF can tell me to ask the doctor to write excuse letter for Mump and Rubella. I do not wish to argue with them as they do not know what they are doing. There is no need to write excuse letter for Mump and Rubella as they are not complusory.



I also spoken to many private kindergartens and they are also not sure if they can accept child whom do not follow vaccination schedule. MOE just informed them to have a copy of vaccination record and file it at their office. They do not even need to submit to MOE.



According to the HPB, a child who has yet to complete his or her immunisations will not be denied entry into Primary One. Instead, parents are reminded to get them back on track before the start of the school year. Alternatively, if the child is found to have incomplete vaccinations during the Primary One annual health screening, school health nurses from the HPB will administer the vaccination on-site, in schools. And a consent form will be sent to parents.



Some kindergarten requested chickpox vaccination to be done. So every kindergarten has their own preference of vaccination.



Unless the kindergarten is so good, give this pre-school a miss as they are many kindergartens accept children whom do not follow vaccination schedule. It is because, there is no rule saying they have to reject. It is up to the individual pre-school make their own business decision. They know there are more and more children whom do not follow vaccination schedule and they also know not all vaccines are complusory. Even PCF only ask for MMR vaccination which is not complusory, the other vaccines they do not even ask me.