SCHOOL <strong>Safety</strong> POLICY <strong>Guidelines</strong> Annexure – 5 Annexure 5 District Level Integrated Structures for SSA and RTE through a <strong>Safety</strong> Lens (Recommended suggestions for incorporating <strong>School</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> Concerns indicated in red) District Level Integrated Structures for SSA and RTE through a <strong>Safety</strong> Lens (Recommended suggestions for incorporating <strong>School</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> Concerns indicated in red) Local Authority at District Level Co-opted as part of DDMA District Elementary Education Officer ex-Officio DPC DSEO DIET Annexure Sensitisation and orientation to school safety Planning, capacity building of educational administrator & coordination with Local authority Including indicators on health of building, hazard-free environs, safe water and sanitation facilities etc Monitoring, EMIS, Statistics, Analysis & dissemination Finance, Budget, Accounts, Audits, FMIS Including allocation for inclusion of safety features eg higher plinths etc. General Administration, Vigilance and Grievance Redressal Child entitlements (access & retention) Uniforms, TB, hostels, transpiration Special Training Girls, SC, ST, CWSN & Other disadvantage d children SMC, Mass Communication Environment Building, NGO involvement innovation • Mandatory formation of SDMCs as a subgroup of SMC • SDP to include issues raised in the <strong>Safety</strong> Needs Assessment Exercise • SMC to also follow up on safety issues, • Risk communication and safety <strong>School</strong> Mapping, Physical Infrastructure, New schools, Neighborhood Planning, learning equipments Including health of building, hazardfree environs, safe water and sanitation facilities etc Teachers: recruitment service matters, redeployment, teachers grant Grants in-aid Private schools, sch. Recognition, 25% in private schools DIETs Include hazard and risk profile of the school and its location in all activities Planning & Monitoring <strong>School</strong> Infrastructure & Child Entitlement Recognition subject to health of building, hazard-free environs, safe water and sanitation facilities etc DEEO Provision and maintenance of safety equipment Local authority SMC, Mass Communication Teachers Environment Building Orientation and training of teachers on safety Private & Grants In-aid <strong>School</strong> Girls, SC, ST, CWSN & Other disadvantaged children General Administration Vigilance and Grievance Redressal Finance, Budget, Accounts, Audits, FMIS 42
SCHOOL <strong>Safety</strong> POLICY <strong>Guidelines</strong> Annexure – 6 The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, Justice Dalveer Singh in response in response to Writ Petition (Civil) No.483 of 2004, Avinash Mehrotra vs Union of India has laid down the following minimum specifications for school buildings: Annexure 43