Chinese kindergarten under investigation after forcing children to finish meals in the toilet
- Management apologises after being confronted by parents whose children said they were sent to eat in the lavatory if they ate too slowly
A kindergarten in northwest China has provoked widespread outrage after parents complained that their children were told to finish their meals in the lavatory if they ate too slowly, according to a local newspaper report.
The Education Bureau of Dali county of Shaanxi has started an investigation in Jingshi Tongdi Kindergarten after parents said children had been told to take bowls of food to the toilets if they could not finish the meal in the designated time, Huashang Daily reported.
A parent surnamed Li told the newspaper that her daughter had started complaining about a sore throat a month ago. At first it was thought she had a cold, but doctors later suggested she might have scalded her throat by eating too quickly.
“On October 3, my girl told me that she has to eat fast; otherwise she would be ordered [by her teacher] to go to the toilet to eat. She said she ate there several times,” Li said.
She then checked with other parents, who said their children had told them the same thing.
