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China pushes kindergarten security
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-08-19 02:28
After experiencing two fatal kindergarten-related tragedies in early August,
China is intensifying its efforts to ensure children's health and security in
kindergartens across the country.
"All kindergartens, especially privately run ones, must draw up strict safety
regulations, adopt a responsibility system for administrative personnel, and set
up a health care system to improve hygiene," the Ministry of Education said in
an urgent circular.
A boy is wheeled into a hospital in Beijing after he was
stabbed by the kindergarten doorman August 4, 2004.
[newsphoto] | The National Education Supervision
and Guidance Group has decided to put kindergarten security as top priority of
this year' s work, the ministry said.
Kindergarten buses used to pick up children must receive regular safety
checks and the drivers must obtain driving licenses and register with local
education authorities before working, the ministry said.
All kindergarten staff, including sponsors, administrative personnel and
teachers, are ordered to carefully study and strictly observe relevant national
regulations on kindergarten management.
"Kindergartens should offer medical checkups and on-job training to all staff
members and dismiss those who are unqualified," the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the ministry ordered all local governments to carry out a general
overhaul of kindergarten security across the country, involving classrooms,
indoor and outdoor playgrounds, teaching materials, toys, dining halls, food,
fire prevention facilities, school buses and surrounding environment.
Local governments must also examine the qualifications and the physical and
mental health of kindergarten staff, in order to eliminate hidden troubles.
On Aug. 4, a gatekeeper at the kindergarten run by the No. 1 Hospital of
Beijing University stabbed 15 children aged from 2 to 6 and three female
teachers, leaving one child dead, and two other children and a teacher seriously
wounded.
Several days later, a kindergarten building in central China's Henan Province
collapsed, killing two children and leaving 28 others in hospital for further
treatment and medical observation.
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