*While the Primary and Secondary Education Department has issued a number of guidelines to ensure the safety of students in schools, many City schools are of the opinion that they already have many safety measures in place and are only reassuring parents about measures already been taken.*
Following queries by anxious parents of students studying at Sri Kumarans Children's Home, (SKCH) after the rape of a Class 1 student in Vibgyor High school in Marathahalli, the SKCH management issued a circular reassuring parents.
A letter sent by the school management to parents read: "We have been receiving emails from many parents addressing issues on security and safety. We felt it was better to send one reassuring common email rather than answering emails personally," it said.
Accordingly, it lists a number of safety measures within the campus, buses and building it has already taken.
Ganga Ambika, Principal of Blossoms School on Kanakapura Road, said a number of measures like CCTV cameras were already in place."We have also sensitised the children of our institution through various programmes on sex education.
Nevertheless, we will implement the government's guidelines if we find them necessary and important," she said.
*Safety guidelines*
The guidelines issued by the Education Department suggest measures such as formation of a child protection committee comprising the school authorities, parents and a police officer; conducting background checks on all staff members, and workshops to teach children the concept of good touch and bad touch.
The guidelines list out various responsibilities for school, parents and the police in their different capacities.
Not allowing children to leave the school without any authorised guardians; separate toilets for boys and girls with female attendants near ladies toilet; not allowing any stranger to enter the school are some of the responsibilities of the school, according to the guidelines.Parents have been advised to admit their children to a school nearest to their homes and to inform the police and the child protection committees in case anyone sends obscene and objectionable messages.
The police responsibilities include immediate action on the complaints of parents and children as well as collect details of schools and its staff within its jurisdiction.
The Karnataka Private School Joint Action Committee, an umbrella group of various school managements, has given its own pointers to be added to the government's guidelines.These include making the submission of documents relating to the history of a schoolteacher - such as relieving letters - mandatory.
It has also suggested increasing the responsibilities of parents regarding their child's safety. Reported by Deccan Herald 6 hours ago.
Following queries by anxious parents of students studying at Sri Kumarans Children's Home, (SKCH) after the rape of a Class 1 student in Vibgyor High school in Marathahalli, the SKCH management issued a circular reassuring parents.
A letter sent by the school management to parents read: "We have been receiving emails from many parents addressing issues on security and safety. We felt it was better to send one reassuring common email rather than answering emails personally," it said.
Accordingly, it lists a number of safety measures within the campus, buses and building it has already taken.
Ganga Ambika, Principal of Blossoms School on Kanakapura Road, said a number of measures like CCTV cameras were already in place."We have also sensitised the children of our institution through various programmes on sex education.
Nevertheless, we will implement the government's guidelines if we find them necessary and important," she said.
*Safety guidelines*
The guidelines issued by the Education Department suggest measures such as formation of a child protection committee comprising the school authorities, parents and a police officer; conducting background checks on all staff members, and workshops to teach children the concept of good touch and bad touch.
The guidelines list out various responsibilities for school, parents and the police in their different capacities.
Not allowing children to leave the school without any authorised guardians; separate toilets for boys and girls with female attendants near ladies toilet; not allowing any stranger to enter the school are some of the responsibilities of the school, according to the guidelines.Parents have been advised to admit their children to a school nearest to their homes and to inform the police and the child protection committees in case anyone sends obscene and objectionable messages.
The police responsibilities include immediate action on the complaints of parents and children as well as collect details of schools and its staff within its jurisdiction.
The Karnataka Private School Joint Action Committee, an umbrella group of various school managements, has given its own pointers to be added to the government's guidelines.These include making the submission of documents relating to the history of a schoolteacher - such as relieving letters - mandatory.
It has also suggested increasing the responsibilities of parents regarding their child's safety. Reported by Deccan Herald 6 hours ago.