(MENAFN- The Peninsula) By Amna Pervaiz Rao / The Peninsula
DOHA: The nurseries and kindergartens prepare themselves for inspections after the warning issued by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs to all entities running similar activities sans licenses.
Several nurseries and kindergartens take proper care of all the safety, hygiene and health measure on daily bases to keep the parents trust strong. The Ministry has warned all the individuals and the legal entities in the State from receiving children for holding similar activities, said the Ministry on its Facebook page.
The Ministry highlighted that it issued notice 'due to serious health and safety risk for children that might result from such a practice.
Talking to The Peninsula, Sufera Ashraf, Principal at The Springfield Nursery, Doha Branch, said: 'Inspections at our nursery happen quite often. Inspectors from different departments like health, safety and education come and inspect, few of them come surprisingly. We get our licenses renewed by September each year as with the renewal we are able to access the website through which we admit and remove children from our nursery. If the nursery is not licensed by the Ministry of Education they cannot admit children.
Talking more about the inspections, she said: 'Since September to December last year, four inspections were done by different departments. A person has been appointed by the Ministry who remains in contact with our administration all the time. Ministry has appointed two supervisors each from different departments to come and inspect.
Few kindergartens in the city are also aware of the Ministry's warning issuance, due to which they are now careful and follow strict rules and regulations to face the inspectors for surprise visits anytime now.
'Our Kindergarten section takes proper care of children's safety, health and hygiene. School administration keeps a close eye on children's lunch; we do not allow children bringing junk food. Their lunch time is supervised by a teacher until they finish their meals then they are sent to the playing area to enjoy. We have canteen which serves children with food approved by the Health Ministry. Safety precautions are taken by the teachers strictly as well, children are not allowed to go with someone who is not blood relative to children, said Mubaraka Nouman, head mistress of kindergarten wing at Pakistan International School.
Different ministries visit schools and kindergartens to check their security and hygiene measures. She said: 'The Ministry visits our school and keeps an eye on our canteens, play areas and especially washrooms in order to check our hygienic measures.
The visits are sometimes surprise but we are always prepared for such visits as we ensure the parents the safety and care of their child.
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