A school is an integral part of every child's life. The primary cause of anxiety for many parents today is whether or not their child is safe at school. All children need a safe environment in which to learn and achieve. Today, schools remain unsafe and parents fear for their child's safety. Children too may experience anxiety, fear, and a sense of personal risk. Ensuring a safe and orderly school by implementing programmes that protect students and teachers, encourage discipline and personal responsibility is the need of the hour.
Based on an opinion poll, conducted by
DoctorNDTV.com, here are a few suggestions from our website visitors:
· Government of India has to define rules
& regulations before giving permission to set up schools. Schools should
have a minimum of 10 to 15 acres of land. The buildings should have well cross
ventilation and there should not be more than two floors. Kitchen and pantry
must be away from the classrooms and there should be good playground for the
children.
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Before approving license for schools,
buildings must be inspected for proper exit points, fire fighting devices, and
proper trained personnel to fight fire. The teachers too could be trained in
fire fighting. The approach roads should have proper access for fire tenders.
No material that is inflammable should be used in school buildings. Teachers
with great presence of mind must be appointed! School buildings should have
enough emergency exits and supply of water and sand for fire-fighting.
· A safety committee should be mandatory
comprising of teachers, parents and students. They should meet regularly and
discuss problems and implement decisions, impart training to self and others.
They could also convey difficult problems to higher authorities.
·
India should have a system of encouraging
neighbourhood schools, like the US, and make buses mandatory for all these
schools.
· Schools should be free from inflammable
and toxic materials, if storage of fuel for cooking meals was inevitable, it
should be stored safely.
·
Security can be increased in schools if
the concerned authorities wake up and take some stringent action after the
Kumbakonam tragedy so that the entire nation gets to know about it.
·
Teachers needed to be sensitised to their
responsibility for safety and well-being of their students.
·
The safety aspect in schools can be
improved if all the government Institutions join hands and combat the same, for
which the central and state governments should not hesitate to contribute
generously.
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