SHANGHAI – Beijing will hire permanent inspectors to provide oversight at every one of its kindergartens following child abuse allegations at a facility run by the New York-listed RYB Education, the official Xinhua News Agency said late Sunday.
The Beijing Municipal Education Commission said educational inspectors stationed at kindergartens throughout the city will submit reports on safety, sanitation and management to a central database, according to the Xinhua report.
It said safety checks are currently underway and kindergartens will be ordered to make immediate improvements should problems be found.
RYB Education said late Saturday it has fired the head of one of its kindergartens as well as a 22-year-old female teacher following allegations that children were abused.
Xinhua reported earlier that police were checking allegations that children were “reportedly sexually molested, pierced by needles and given unidentified pills.”
The scandal has sparked outrage throughout China and RYB’s New York-listed shares plunged 38.4 percent on Friday.
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A woman carries a child as they arrive at the RYB kindergarten in Beijing on Friday. RYB Education fired the head of one of its kindergartens in the capital as well as a 22-year-old female teacher following allegations of child abuse at a facility run by the U.S.-listed company. | AP
