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NDMA formulates guidelines for safety of schools
The draft national school safety policy guidelines have been formulated by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the parliament was informed on Wednesday. \"NDMA formulated a draft for national school safety policy guidelines, which focus on the need to strengthen disaster risk resilience measures in schools across the country,\"
New Delhi: The draft national school safety policy guidelines have been formulated by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the parliament was informed on Wednesday. "NDMA formulated a draft for national school safety policy guidelines, which focus on the need to strengthen disaster risk resilience measures in schools across the country," HRD Minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
She said the government has also issued guidelines to all States to incorporate design and parameters in construction of schools which are resistant to earthquake and provide protection against fire, flood and other natural calamities. The policy is understood to have suggested that District Education Officer must ensure that 'Recognition Certificate' under sub-rule (4) 15 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 is issued only to those schools that comply with the safety norms laid out in the Building Codes.
This compliance needs to be monitored on a regular basis. All existing as well as new schools need to conform to safety standards as per the National Building Code, 2005. It is also understood to have proposed that each classroom should have two doors instead of one for faster evacuation.
Hyd police plans safety & security guidelines for schools
Hyderabad police on Wednesday said that it plans to draw up guidelines on safety and security of city school students in the wake of the massacre in Peshawar. "We will come up with certain protocols through the Education Department and definitely we will look at the safety and security of students," Hyderabad Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy told reporters.
On the reported terror alert for Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai ahead of the US President Barack Obama's visit next month, Reddy said, "It is a general alert and not a specific alert issued by the central security agencies to Hyderabad". "We are taking all possible precautionary measures. We are confident that we would be able to ensure the safety and security of citizens," he added.
