It is "seriously wrong" for Kinderland preschool to institute a policy of no personal devices during teaching hours after at least two cases of alleged child abuse were reported, said Ho Ching in a Facebook post on Sep. 2, 2023.
Instead, the preschool should put in place a proper whistleblower system and process, she further contended.
Ho's remarks came three days after Kinderland announced on its social media page that it would now make it a policy for its staff not to use their personal devices during teaching hours to "prevent the misuse of photos and videos" of its students.
Earlier that day, a former teacher of the preschool admitted that she filmed the child abuse videos with her husband's device and claimed that her principal did not take her seriously when she approached the principal about her colleague's mistreatment of students.
Kinderland has since clarified that the policy restricting personal device usage does not apply if teachers "would like to report on peculiar situations including emergencies". In such cases, staff are encouraged to "capture images or footage using any devices".
In her post, Ho said that everyone who is running a preschool, an infant care, a nursery, or a kindergarten should take the safety and security of the young charges under their care "as an absolute" because young kids are "highly vulnerable."
As such, instead of trying to prevent anyone from using their personal...
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