PARLIAMENT | The Social Welfare Department will discuss with the Home Ministry and police on the proposal to make security screening compulsory for individuals who want to work as babysitters.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Nancy Shukri said this was to reduce child abuse cases at daycare centres.
"We will see if the candidates need to undergo psychometric tests,” she said during the Minister's Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat today.
She was responding to a question from Jimmy Puah (Harapan-Tebrau) on measures taken by the ministry to reduce the increasing number of child abuse cases and the assistance given to victims.
Nancy (above) said the Welfare Department has taken various steps to reduce child abuse cases, including restructuring the placement of officers in the district.
She said there are 43 districts identified as risk areas.
The department is also tightening the rules and guidelines for the installation of closed-circuit cameras (CCTV) at childcare centres.
Operators have to ensure that there are no blind spots in the CCTV coverage except in private places such as bathrooms and changing rooms, she added.
- Bernama
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