In the past 14 years, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued eleven separate circulars emphasizing the importance of school security and student safety. It has laid down briefs on fire safety management, structural safety, how to deal with violence and ragging in schools, how to protect children from sexual abuse, and how to ensure safety of children in school buses, among others. As per the directions by CBSE for student safety. While these directions demand a decent amount of accountability from schools, a holistic approach to tackling the student safety issue is also needed. Schools must recognize the power of vigilance as the key to protecting children.
Just as the physical safety of children in schools is important to ensure complete student safety, so too is their psychosocial safety
Children who are victims of violence show continuous symptoms of depression, dissociative reactions, feelings of helplessness, lack of emotional intelligence, and aggression Installing CCTV cameras at strategic locations across school premises would ensure that a child's day-to-day life in school is constantly being monitored and recorded.
The schools must be vigilant and constantly be on the lookout for any forms of child abuse, whether physical, emotional, or sexual. The staff should be trained to understand key indicators of child abuse, and be prepared to respond instantly to inappropriate or harmful behavior
The policy framing process of schools must follow the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery (PPRR) model of risk management. In matters pertaining to child safety, this model would help the school administration to be vigilant
The security cameras can be effective in school safety investigations, or even act as deterrents to such behavior
Sr. No. | Name | Members |
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1. | Mr. Ashok Gehlaut | Principal |
2. | Mr. Ajay | D.P |
3. | Ms. Deepika | Member |
4. | Mr. Vikash Panchal | Member |
5. | Mr. Deepak Gulati | Member |