European Proceedings Logo

Building Resilience In Early Childhood Education: Preschool Built Environment Quality In Malaysia

Table 5: Principal’s perspective on less significant built environment factors for preschools

Principal of Preschool A Principal of Preschool B Principal of Preschool C
A5 Depends on the premise. When outsiders come in, there should be privacy so that when they come in, they are not allowed to see all the activities. This is for children’s privacy and safety. It should look like a school. Not too much like a house.Indoor activity should not be seen from outside as strangers can also see children from outside. So, it is not safe. Preschool must look more like a school with bright colours to attract children.Indoor activities must not be seen from outside for safety and security purposes.
C3 No need for special place. Art and science can be done in classrooms.Waterplay should not be conducted indoors. Ideal to have these in different spaces but sometimes you do not have the luxury of space so mostly art and science are conducted in the classrooms.Waterplay should not be indoors. No waterplay indoors because we do not have a proper place. Children will wet the whole room. Unless there is an indoor pool. So far in Malaysia, I don’t see any indoor pool. Only suitable for outdoor.
C4 It all depends on the spaces. For me this is acceptable. If we have space, then we can have different areas for that. Nice to have these spaces but considered luxury. We cannot allocate spaces for just a single activity. Only the expensive preschools can do that. Yes, it is must. We have 6 corners but can only cater to 3 children at a time in each corner. If there is a bigger space, we can cater to more children at a time.
D1 We cannot have this unless it’s a special school for them. Parents won’t send the children once they are on wheelchair. When children come with these conditions, they will get demotivated seeing others play well. There is no need for this. We are not special school for those physical challenged children. Not necessary because we do not enrol this type of children.
< Back to article