Publish Date:14-Sep-2017 17:37:41
Following the murder of a seven-year-old student in Ryan International School, Gurugram on 8 September, the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued a fresh set of guidelines to all its affiliated schools on 12 September on the safety of children.
The CBSE circular, published on the official website, states that school authorities are solely responsible for the safety and security of children on campus, calling it a fundamental right of the child to "engage and study in an environment where he/she feels safe and is free from any form of physical or emotional abuse or harassment." The circular also stated that CBSE-affiliated schools will have to comply with the new guidelines within two months from notification.
The new safety guidelines issued are as follows:
CBSE also stated that if any affiliated school fails to follow the board-issued guidelines or violate them, they might lose their affiliation.
On Thursday, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) inspected Ryan International School in Bhondsi for clues to the crime while a CBSE panel also inspected the premises to examine loopholes in security arrangements.
The Gurugram Police's SIT collected fingerprints and shoes at the crime scene, including the toilet, a day after recreating the sequence of events. It
"The SIT does not want to spare a single piece of evidence which can be important and work as a key breakthrough for us to solve this case. With three days left for the submission of charge sheet in court, we have got possible positive leads against the accused school bus conductor Ashok Kumar," a senior SIT officer told PTI.
Additionally, the Gurugram Police also detained the school gardener, Harpal Singh, as a key witness in the murder of Pradhyuman Thakur, a Class II student who was found with his throat slit in the school bathroom.
So far, the SIT has questioned 17 people including section in-charge Anju Dudeja, suspended acting principal Neerja Batra, former principal Rakhi Verma, bus driver Saurabh Raghav, bus contractor Harkesh Pradhan and eight security guards.
courtesy :firstpost