Daily Cuts - The effectiveness of CCTVs at childcare centres in reducing abuse cases

Major child abuse incidents at preschools here last year prompted the requirement of CCTVs from 1 Jul 2024. Just weeks before the roll-out, cases have not abated – the most recent involving a five-year-old girl who was allegedly kicked in the shin by a preschool teacher. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman ask Melissa Simin Goh-Karssen, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, Singapore University of Social Sciences if CCTVs are the best answer to bring child abuse at schools to a stop.