10 point advisory to Day Cares and Crèches from Early Childhood Association

1. Please ensure that you give training to all your staff especially support staff like bais about the do’s and don’ts’s of handling children. Training must include how to handle children, how not to handle children, washing hands before touching children, wearing gloves when feeding them, tying up hair while cooking or serving, not to blow on a child’s food to cool it , to use separate cloths for cleaning floors, tables, and wiping children’s mouth or bottoms. (you are free to contact us for more details)


2. During the training it is important to mention to them that handling children will be done as per the training given to them and not as per their family practices.


3. At the end of the training make them sign a letter that states all the points of training and also states that if they are caught breaking any rules then they will lose their job and if found abusing children will be handed to the police.


4. Get all bais and other support staff registered at the nearest police station for police verification.


5. Get bais and support staff tested for HIV, TB and other important diseases.


6. Children should never be left alone with bais and support staff unsupervised.


7. Check CCTV footage of new bais daily to understand how they are with kids in your absence.


8. If a parent comes to you with a complaint against any of your staff, never cover up for them, this will only make them break more rules.


9. Pay your staff well so that they are able to fulfill their duties diligently.


10. Do look into the adult–child ratio of your daycare as putting too many children in the care of one adult can cause stress and make them break rules.