The three-year average number of confirmed child mismanagement cases increased from 11 per 100,000 children in 2022, to 12 per 100,000 children in 2023. - Photo: Lianhe Zaobao
SINGAPORE: The number of child abuse cases investigated by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) increased to 147 cases in 2023, from 137 cases in 2022.
The three-year average number of confirmed child mismanagement cases increased from 11 per 100,000 children in 2022, to 12 per 100,000 children in 2023, said Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli on July 2 in a written reply to a parliamentary question by Melvin Yong (Radin Mas).
