In a press release issued on Monday , ECDA also admitted that it should have acted more quickly in removing a teacher it identified as educator A, who was filmed force-feeding and hitting a child, from her classroom role at Woodlands Mart.
On one occasion, the teacher pulled the child's shirt over the back of a chair. The teacher also used straps from an infant chair to stop the boy from getting up. "At the end of 6 months, ECDA will not renew the licence if the preschool fails to demonstrate significant improvements in its standard of care to their children," the agency said."We apologise for not getting Kinderland to immediately remove the educator from her classroom role while investigations are ongoing. We will strengthen our protocols and training of our officers."
Kinderland first addressed the incidents in a statement issued on Aug 29, a day after the videos of alleged abuse emerged online. It outlined its investigation and provided details of the individuals involved in the Woodlands Mart case. A teacher identified as educator C was seen"forcefully pushing" a five-year-old child in April 2022 and investigations by ECDA and the police are ongoing.
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