Delhi Directorate Of Education instructs Schools to implement student safety

On Wednesday, the Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) instructed all government and private schools to implement guidelines for student safety and security.

A circular from the directorate stated, “All heads of government, government-aided, and private schools are directed to take necessary steps as outlined in the guidelines.”

The circular emphasized that school heads must ensure their institutions are prepared according to the safety inspection checklist provided in the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) manual.

The circular mentioned that these guidelines also contain a checklist for safety inspection of schools.

The DoE has instructed all heads of the institutions to follow the guidelines provided by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for hostels of educational institutions, it read.