Another fresh year for all schools resplendent with bright hopeful faces of students prepared to take challenges head on. However, on their part, schools were busy developing their infrastructure and safety measures, besides introducing new curriculum for their holiday homework. They are not willing to be caught on the wrong foot in an eventuality this time round. Last year’s experience of sad incidents related to transportation and terrorism have kept the school authorities on toes.
Delhi Public School (DPS), Bopal, does not want to make any compromise this time when it comes to security of the students. Says Manjula Pooja Shroff, director, Carolx – Delhi Public School: “Last year’s terrorist attack has raised a major safety concern. So, we have installed two close circuit televisions (CCTVs) in the school building monitoring around six to seven outlets at crucial places like main gates, entrance and corridors.”
Transportation is another grey area which requires major attention from schools’ authorities. Shroff says, “Vacation is the time when vehicles go under heavy servicing and maintenance to avoid any mishap later.”
CNG vans have always raised doubts in parents’ minds about their children’s safety as excessive heat can lead to dangerous consequences. JG International School has come up with an answer to end all their worries. “Till last year, we had only CNG vans for transportation,” said MP Chandran, executive director of JG International School. He went on to say that
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from this year the school has introduced three more modes – large buses for area-wise pick up, mini-buses for pick up from home and petrol vans. This provides an option for parents to choose a suitable mode of transport to school for their children, he said. The school now has two big buses, six mini-buses and around 20 petrol and CNG vans.
SGVP International School empowers their bus conductors with technological knowledge, besides installing a RO water purifier system for precautionary measures for children’s health. “This year we have allotted mobiles to the bus conductors to remain accessible in case of any emergencies,” says Sarang Jhaveri, educator at SGVP. This is over and above adhering to the basic guidelines of not exceeding the bus speed beyond 40 km and keeping first-aid box in the buses, he said.
Udgam School has decided to tackle green issues by way of introducing environment friendly initiatives this academic year.
Manan Choksi, executive director of Udgam School, says, “Starting this year, we have drawn a five-year plan on making Udgam the ‘most environment-friendly school’ in the city. This time, we will be concentrating on saving water through rain water harvesting system. Around 70% of the rain water on the school land will be used to recharge the ground water.”
Apart from this system, the school will be cutting down on the heavy paper usage by taking up internet for most of the communication with parents and publishing newsletters online. “Rather then preaching about it, practising saving of resources would create a better awareness among the younger generation,” Choksi says.