China News Service, Taipei, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two young children were suspected of being abused in a kindergarten in Taipei City recently. Surveillance footage showed that the children were slapped, choked, and fell to the ground by their teacher.
The Taipei Education Bureau said on the 8th that the teacher involved had been suspended and an investigation was launched.
According to reports from Taiwan media such as the Central News Agency and the United News Network, according to the parents of the young children involved at the press conference, the process of retrieving the video was hindered by the garden, and it was found in the surveillance footage that many children also suffered improper punishment.
Chen Suhui, deputy director of the Taipei Education Bureau, said she was saddened by the case, and a special investigation team has been set up to complete the investigation as soon as possible.
One of the two teachers involved has resigned, and the other has been suspended for investigation, she said.
If it is confirmed that the kindergarten is involved in a serious case, it is not ruled out that it will be required to reduce enrollment, suspend enrollment, and suspend operations. In the most serious case, the permit will be revoked.
In recent years, child abuse incidents are not uncommon in Taiwan, exposing problems such as insufficient preventive mechanisms and lack of supervision.
Public opinion on the island calls on all parties to fulfill their responsibilities and ensure the healthy growth of children.
According to a report by China Times News on the 3rd, the Child Care Center of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan observed that reports of child abuse during the epidemic have decreased, but the severity has increased.
The center analyzed the reasons and said that schools were an important source of data reported in the past. Today, many schools are facing closures due to the epidemic, resulting in some cases not being discovered early, until the situation is serious and medical treatment is learned.
Early last year, a child abuse case broke out at the Huaxing Nursery Center in Taichung City, causing a public outcry.
This year, the center was also accused of habitually improperly caring for the baby by a number of nurses involved in pulling and dragging the baby.
Relevant reports said that because young children are under 1 year old, their brains and skulls are not fully developed, and it is very likely to cause damage.
Similar cases have been reported frequently. The Taiwan authorities’ monitoring agency released a report on the childcare and care system in August this year, showing that the relevant departments have insufficient preventive mechanisms and lack of implementation.
The report stated that the childcare service system was originally designed to solve the problem of "low birthrate" and assist parents in raising children, but the evaluation and inspection mechanism and actual implementation by the education authorities have not been fully implemented and implemented, resulting in a series of incidents of abuse and corporal punishment of young children in kindergartens. If this happens, we call on education authorities and local governments to do their best to supervise and evaluate responsibilities.
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