Finally government has issued a guidelines for operator child care centre to manage their centre. This guidelines will come into operation on 1 January 2013. The guidelines extends the scope in managing child care centre in Malaysia and introduces additional obligations, menu and requirements for the operator.
First of all, the operator required to register a child centre whether; it home based child care centre, or workplace based child care centre or community based/institution based child care centre. The purpose of this registration is to allow the authorised officer to inspect the child care centre and ensure that they are complies with all requirements relating to the structure of premises, prevention of fire, health, sanitation and safely of a child himself. Also to make sure the centre is sufficiently and suitably equipped and maintained.
The ratio of a child care provider vs children shall be as follows;
Normal children ( 0 – 1 year 1:3)(Above 1 year-3 years 1:5)(Above 3 years to 4 years 1:10)
Disabled children ( 0 – 1 year 2:3)(Above 1 year-3 years 2:5)(Above 3 years to 4 years 3:10)
The best part this guidelines also providing the diet scale for operator to follow..
to read more kindly click this link Child Centre Guidelines 2012
So bapak-bapak, ibu-ibu di luar sana, that sending their children to this TASKA..please spend time to read this guidelines and if you have more budget just print out this. Pass this guidelines to your child care provider for their information and further action.
“Safety must be given top priority to keep away any untoward incidents.”