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Harrasement meted out by Local kindergarten school

Post by MonkeyGuy » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 9:52 am

Hi all,

About a month back my family and I moved from India to Singapore, me on EP and wife/child on DP. We were very upbeat of moving to Singapore and wanted to mix with the local culture ASAP. Due to this, we decided we will admit our child to a local kindergarten run by the PAP foundation and sponsored by NTUC. We decided NOT to admit him to an international or Indian school.

The problems at school started the second day itself. The teachers were least helpful and did outright discrimination and harrased our child straight awaya.

While I pen down the complete episode here, may I request you all to tell me if there is any way / method by which I can report harrasement / discrimination meted out to my child by a local kindergarten school run by NTUC ?

Can I stop their GIRO payments whithout facing any issues ? I have stopped sending the child to the school and told them over the phone on October 3 the whole incident. I am yet to meet the prinicipal personally.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:35 am

So far, you haven't indicated what kind of harassment your child was subjected to. So with that in mind, and until it's resolved I would not withhold payment as what you indicate is harassment may well be nothing more than the anxiety of a parent in a new surroundings (and the child as well). What are you going to do if the next school has the same thing happening?

All I'm saying is you need to have thick skin if you are going to be an expatriate in a country that is currently having a backlash against foreigners in general and certain flavours in particular.

Maybe you need to put the child in an Indian school so that you don't perceive the slightest little thing as an affront. Tell us more so we are not left guessing. At the moment it just sounds like sour grapes.

Until you speak with the principal, I don't recommending doing anything untoward.
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