After the escape of two children from a Sofia kindergarten, the staff will be imposed administrative penalties. This was announced by Desislava Zhelyazkova, director of the "Education" directorate at the Sofia Municipality. According to her, the escape took place after breakfast, while the children were in the yard, bTV reports.
A 5-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl escaped from the 173rd kindergarten "Zvanche" in the capital's "Hadzhi Dimitar" neighborhood at around 10 a.m.
They were searched for by the police for almost an hour. The children themselves told their parents that they had taken the metro, that they had gone to the “Gerena“ stadium, to a playground and that they had even visited a shopping center.
The punishments will be imposed by the kindergarten director.
“The children were with a teacher and an assistant teacher, and the staff reacted incorrectly because they searched for the children on their own for 45 minutes without informing the director what the procedure is in such situations. Then they called the director, who was not at the kindergarten, and much later they informed the regional administration“, said Zhelyazkova, quoted by BTA.
The kindergarten must prepare a report with explanations on this case, and by the end of the summer the municipality will tour all kindergartens in Sofia to recommend additional measures for the safety of the children.