My First Skool child abuse footage upsets preschool teachers
Victimised teachers
It seems little Yusuf’s family are not the only ones affected by the child abuse. Another group of people—the preschool teachers in particular—have felt the need to voice their concerns as well. Upset over the condemnation, several preschool teachers are revolted by how members of the public are associating them with educators in My First Skool. Others, scrutinised under parents’ worried gazes are feeling increasingly pressurised on their first day back at school.
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Confidentiality
Certainly, using the most recognised social media platform in the world has proved effective—exceedingly so in fact. However, preschool teachers have urged Facebook to remove the My First Skool videos this morning, in hopes of protecting their reputation.
Here are some comments.
“please exercise caution and discretion in what you post on social media.”
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Still positive
There are others however who are more positive about the matter. Preschool teachers are encouraging members of the public to report cases of abuse, physical and verbal, should they find anything amiss.
Preschool teacher Yuting Gekteng posted an insightful essay on Preschool Teachers Network Singapore (PTNS), explaining her optimistic stance. She affirms that most teachers are not doing it for the pay. They are in fact doing it for the love of nurturing young ones. This is what she said.
“I believe that there are more than just one culprit out there whom has done similar abuse acts but gets away with it by solving it internally.”
“I believe we as teachers, should do reflections more.”
Another teacher by the name of Amalina Esuope talked about continuing to give children their best, encouraging despondent preschool teachers to stop feeling reserved about showing their love and support.
Simply put, almost all preschool teachers mean well for their students. They dedicate their lives to showering little children with love while guiding them to betterment. And judging by how people are slamming the preschool education system seems a little unfair.
Public menace
Regardless of preschool teachers’ plight, some members of the public are infuriated that a few preschool teachers have been justifying Siti Hadijah’s (preschool teacher perpetrator under arrest) actions. This is what one social networker said.
“How can anyone give the benefit of the doubt to the teacher?”
After the My First Skool incident, anxious parents are urging for the Ministry of Education to do more investigation in preschools, for fear that their children remain in jeopardy. Like this parent, we agree that Siti Hadijah’s atrocities should be brought to justice.
It is also understandable that parents are reacting in this manner. We recognise also that your children’s safety remains well above everything else. However, preschool teachers should not be looked at in bad light just because of this My First Skool incident.
As Yuting Gekteng mentioned in her post, “why worry about how parents would look at the whole early childhood education system locally just because of this one issue, IF we have done enough to assure them before?”
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