Chinese boy who was rejected by string of kindergartens because of facial injuries finally finds a welcome in the classroom
Child who suffered serious burns in gas blast had struggled to find a school because teachers and parents feared he would scare his classmates
A four-year-old boy in eastern China who has been repeatedly turned down by kindergartens because he was disfigured in a gas explosion was finally welcomed into the classroom this week.
Wenzhou Xinqiao No 1 Kindergarten in Zhejiang province stepped up and offered to take the boy, nicknamed Bei Bei, free of charge.
He was left with serious facial burns and lost his hair after a gas explosion in his home in 2015, which also left his mother and sister with minor injuries.
His family had been trying to get the boy admitted to kindergartens since March last year but had been repeatedly turned down.
One video circulating on the internet showed the director of one kindergarten refusing to take him in the school, arguing that he would scare the other children. She even threatened to call police when the boy’s father tried to reason with her.
In despair, the father, who did not wish to be named, made a public appeal in a local newspaper in the hope of finding one school willing to take Bei Bei.
