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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Commissioner
responsible for Labour and Social
Welfare by section 13 of the
Day-Care Centres Decree, 1978 (S.M.C.D.
144) these Regulations are made
this 14th day of August, 1979.
Regulation 1—General Equipment.
Every Day-Care Centre shall be
provided with the following
equipment or materials:—
(a) a small wooden stool or chair
for each child;
(b) small wooden table for each
group of four or six children to
be used for meals, painting, etc.;
(c) wooden wash-stand made with a
hole at the top to hold a medium
size water basin;
(d) a store-room with shelves or
a strong cupboard with shelves
secured with lock for keeping
utensils, mugs, spoons, etc. used
by the children;
(e) one or two wooden boxes with
padlocks for keeping toys, blocks
and play materials;
(f) racks and pegs for hanging
children's towels and clothing;
(g) sleeping mat for each child;
(h) reasonable number of
chamber-pots for use by the
toddlers;
(i)
enamel basins, one for each
wash-stand and two extra for
bathing children;
(j) two aluminium containers with
lids for drinking water, milk,
etc;
(k) one enamel, aluminium or
plastic mug for each child;
(l) one bowl or soup plate for
each child; preferably aluminium
or plastic;
(m) teaspoon or small aluminium
spoon for each child;
(n) one towel for each child and
reasonable quantity of extra
towels;
(o) ladles for serving food,
buckets for carrying water,
cooking pots, and a kitchen table
and stove.
Regulation 2—First-Aid Box.
Every Day-Care Centre shall be
provided with a first-aid box
secured with lock and key in which
there shall be kept the following
items for treatment of bruises and
minor ailments:
(a) cotton wool, lint, crepe
bandage, gauze, bandage, plaster,
splint;
(b) scissors, thermometer;
(c) acliflavine, iodine,
methylated spirit, milton, pale
soap;
(d) aspirin tablets or mixture.
Regulation 3—Playthings.
(1) Every Day-Care Centre shall be
provided with such fixtures as
swing, slide or sandpit.
(2) A swing must be low and the
ropes properly secured at the top
to a strong metal ring and
protected against wear and tear.
Regulation 4—Blackboard.
(1) Every classroom of a Day-Care
Centre shall be provided with
small blackboard for individual
use of the children or a
blackboard fixed to a wall at a
height which every child can reach
for the purpose of using it to
exercise the fingers and the wrist
and for free play with coloured
chalks.
(2) The surface of the blackboard
must be smooth and painted evenly
over with blackboard ink and the
blackboard must be supported on an
easel with double sides.
Regulation 5—Structural Sanitary
Requirements.
Every Day-Care Centre shall have
for each child a floor space of
not less than 1 square metres.
Regulation 6—Records.
Every Day-Care Centre shall keep
the following records and
documents:—
(a) attendance and admission
registers;
(b) receipt books or tickets
numbered serially; and
(c) cash book, market books, sick
record book and log book.
Regulation 7—Fees.
(1) The management committee of
every Day-Care Centre shall,
having regard to the economic
conditions and living standards in
the location of the Centre
determine the fees chargeable in
respect of each child.
(2) Any fee determined by the
management committee under
sub-regulation (1) of this
regulation shall be subject to the
approval of the Commissioner.
Regulation 8—Qualifications of
Day-Care Attendants.
(1) A Day-Care attendant (referred
to in these Regulations as an
"attendant") must possess at least
a Middle School Leaving
Certificate.
(2) Without prejudice to
sub-regulation (1) of this
Regulation every Day-Care Centre
shall employ at least two
attendants of whom one must
possess a first-aid certificate
issued by the St. John Ambulance
or the Red Cross Society and a
Day-Care Attendant's Certificate
issued by the Director of Social
Welfare and Community Development.
(3) Subject to sub-regulations (1)
and (2) of this Regulation an
attendant must have a medical
certificate issued by a recognised
medical practitioner certifying
that she is fit and free from
infectious diseases.
(4) Each attendant shall attend to
not more than twenty-five children
at a time.
Regulation 9—Remuneration Of
Attendants.
An attendant shall be paid a
salary equivalent to that of a
pupil teacher with a Middle School
Leaving Certificate.
Regulation 10—Training Of
Attendants.
The Department of Social Welfare
and Community Development shall be
charged with the responsibility
for arranging training courses at
the National Day-Care Training
Centre for all grades of staff of
Day-Care Centres.
Regulation 11—Inspection Of
Premises.
The Department of Social Welfare
and Community Development shall be
responsible for the inspection of
premises of Day-Care Centres in
accordance with the provisions of
sections 2 and 8 of the Decree.
Regulation 12—Maintenance Of
Register Of Approved Day-Care
Centres.
The Department of Social Welfare
and Community Development shall be
responsible for keeping and
maintaining the register of
approved Day-Care Centres under
section 4 of the Decree.
Regulation 13—Health Inspections.
The Ministry of health shall once
in every six months inspect
facilities for sanitation and
health provided in every Day-Care
Centre and shall submit a report
thereon to the Director of Social
Welfare and Community Development.
Regulation 14—Protection Of
Children Against Infectious
Diseases.
(1) No child shall be admitted to
a Day-Care Centre—
(a) if he has not been immunized
against smallpox, diphtheria,
whooping-cough, tetanus,
tuberculosis and measles; or
(b) if he suffers from any other
infectious disease.
(2) Every Day-Care Centre shall
arrange for the children at the
Centre to be examined at regular
intervals by a Public Health
Nurse.
Regulation 15—Medical And Personal
Records Of Children.
There shall be kept in every
Day-Care Centre in respect of each
child a medical record chart and a
personal record file.
Regulation 16—Interpretation.
In these Regulations "Decree"
means the Day-Care Centres Decree,
1978 (S.M.C.D. 144).
ANTHONY KOBINA WOODE
Commissioner responsible for
Labour and Social Welfare
Date of Gazette Notification: 22nd
September, 1979.
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