Executive District Officer (EDO) Lahore, Pervaiz Akhtar presided over a meeting of headmasters and principals of all A Plus and A category public and private schools of provincial metropolis for making security of educational institutions of Lahore effective, here on Friday.
EDO Education emphasised upon the participants of the meeting to strictly implement SOPs issued for the protection of educational institutions. All the heads of the schools informed EDO Education in detail about the steps taken for making security of their respective institutions effective.
Pervaiz Akhtar made it clear that protection of students and teachers in schools is our joint responsibility which cannot be ignored. He said that warning is being issued to those educational institutions which have unsatisfactory security steps. He said that in view of extreme cold, fog and rainy situation, Punjab government decided to close educational institutions for a few days however, benefiting from the holidays, efforts are being made for ensuring protective arrangements in the schools more effective.
EDO Education directed heads of educational institutions to completely implement 20 points of SOPs and ensure fixed height of boundary walls and installation of barbed wire of schools. Besides verification of particulars of security guards, checking of quality of weapons used by them is also necessary, he added.
He said that metal detectors and CC cameras should be installed compulsorily in all the schools of A and A Plus category. Pervaiz Akhtar directed heads of schools to display emergency telephone numbers in their offices, classrooms and staffrooms and remain in contact with the police van deployed for patrolling of schools and where necessary, get clearance from special branch regarding school premises, adjacent residences and school canteen.
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