Footprints Backs Karnataka's Proposed Daycare Safety Mandate

BusinessWire India
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10: Footprints Preschool & Daycare, one of India's largest childcare networks with 240+ centres across 30+ cities, today expressed full support for the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights' (KSCPCR) proposal to mandate live CCTV access for parents and uniform minimum safety standards across daycare centres.
The proposal follows a widely reported safety incident at a Bengaluru daycare facility, which has understandably shaken parental confidence in childcare providers nationally. Footprints believes this moment calls for enforceable standards, not just reassurance - which is why it is backing the KSCPCR's proposal in full.
"The real purpose of the years that a child spends in a preschool or daycare is development," said Raj Singhal, Founder & CEO, Footprints Preschool & Daycare. "But development is only possible when safety is never in question. Safety isn't a feature you bolt on later; it's an architecture you build from day one. Live CCTV parents can check anytime, and background-verified educators have been our operating baseline for over a decade - not because a regulator asked, but because we could never explain to a parent why they weren't."
Footprints announced three commitments in response to the moment:
1) Open SOPs: Footprints will make its child-safety standard operating procedures available to the KSCPCR, other state commissions, and any industry body drafting daycare standards.
2) Corporate crèche standards: With employers across India now re-examining outsourced campus daycare, Footprints will publish a due-diligence checklist that any company can use to audit its childcare provider, regardless of who that provider is.
3) Parent access as a right: Footprints reiterated its position that live visibility into a child's day should be treated as a parent's right, not a premium feature, across the industry.
Beyond the Camera: From Record to Response
Every Footprints centre gives parents real-time access to AI-monitored live CCTV through the Footprints ParentConnect App. Parents can check in at any time - 11 a.m., 2 p.m., or whenever the thought crosses their mind - without waiting for reports or updates.
It is not a reactive system. It is a preventive one. And in a room full of two-, three-, four-, and five-year-olds, that difference is the whole point.
"Regulation like this doesn't threaten good operators, it protects children from bad ones," Singhal added. "We welcome the scrutiny. We'd welcome even more of it."
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