Voicing concern over incidents of child abuse at playschools in the national Capital, Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday demanded an inspection of all such centres even as it charged that negligence by the Education Department had led to the mushrooming of such unauthorised establishments.
“The Delhi administration should immediately order a mandatory inspection of all playschools in the national Capital. Those found to be not adhering to safety guidelines for children should be shut down without further delay,” the party said in a statement here.
AAP raised the issue in the wake of recent reports of a three-year-old girl allegedly being raped by a playschool owner’s son in Hari Nagar area of West Delhi and a two-and-a-half year old girl reportedly molested by a playschool attendant in the Rohini area of Outer district. “These shocking incidents have exposed the unpardonable negligence of the Education Department in allowing unauthorised schools to mushroom, which are fast becoming a threat to society,” AAP said, adding, “It needs to crack down immediately on such schools, which appear to have been opened with the intention of minting money under fancy names to mislead parents, who fall into their trap.”