Nursery forced to install CCTV cameras in its premises
A nursery was forced to install CCTV cameras in all its rooms after an Asian female assistant taking care of children gagged a two-and-a-half-year-old boy by putting an adhesive tape on his mouth to stop him from crying.
The father of another child who happened to be at the nursery watched the boy in horror after he recognised him and called his father who immediately arrived at the nursery.
Nursery officials told the father of the child concerned that they had called in police.
The matter was reported to public prosecution, which is investigating, according to The Peninsula.
A complaint has also been filed with the Family Development Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, which is the licensing and supervisory authority for nurseries and crèches.
Following the incident, the nursery installed CCTV cameras in all rooms to monitor how its staff handle children left in their care. [The Peninsula]
Have you experienced anything like this?
Not only installing the CCTV cameras should be made mandatory, but allowing parents to view the footage should also be made available. Some nursery have installed CCTV cameras and during the course of admission the principle informed that any time as per the parents request the footage shall be made available for them to see, but every time we put the request the principle gave some excuses and avoided showing the CCTV footage.
Its a good for the children n the parents but a monitoring system with wifi which can enable parents to watch their children from anywhere with their phone or computer will be appreciated. As i have heard some nurseries give light n safe pediatric sedation to put the children to sleep for some time.
In point of view CCTV Should be in KG's school also.