MR RICHARD TAY: 'Children aged five and six in kindergarten do not enjoy any privileges that primary school children are entitled to. Their monthly school fees are high - about $125 - compared to the $5.50 that primary school pupils pay. Kindergarten pupils are charged adult ticket prices in cinemas as they do not have a student card. There are also no free dental check-ups for them. They are given only free eye check-ups in kindergarten. Primary schools provide free dental check-ups at their in-house dental clinics. If the child does not have a child's ez-link card and is taller than 1.2m, he will also be charged adult fares on buses. Kindergarten children are the forgotten group in society.'

This article was first published in The Straits Times.