ECDA fines Kinderland Woodlands Mart preschool operator S$5,000, reduces licence tenure to 6 months

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SINGAPORE — The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) has issued a warning and fined Kinderland a penalty of S$5,000, as well as reduced its licence tenure to six months due to the severity of the recent child mismanagement cases at its Woodlands outlet, the agency said on Monday (Sept 4).

ECDA also admitted that it should have removed the teacher involved in the alleged abuse sooner, even as it revealed that investigations uncovered another case of alleged abuse in the same centre, said the agency in a statement.

"ECDA acknowledges this lapse in its case handling procedures. We are reviewing our systems and procedures to strengthen this protocol and ensure better oversight of cases under investigation," said the agency. The agency issued a statement after video of a two-year old child at Kinderland @ Woodlands Mart were leaked online after a whistleblower reported the incident to ECDA on Aug 8, depicting breaches of the ECDA's regulations which prohibits, among other things, force feeding and hitting a child.

 

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