135 Gurgaon schools to be booked for not submitting self-certificate on safety

Delhi Police, following a direction of Gurugram deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh, are going to register FIRs against 135 schools of the Millennium City for their failure in submitting self-certification pertaining to safety and security of their premises and transportation facilities.

District administration has received a set of guidelines containing a number of points from the state education department following the gruesome murder of seven-year-old Pradhyuman Thakur in Ryan International School on September 8. Eight such points are related to the safety and security of schools and their buses.

"On the basis of the guideline, we have asked all private schools to submit self certification before district education department in 15 days. So far, the department has received certificates from 223 schools while remaining 135, including a Ryan International School branch, have not been submitted the



same," Singh said.

As the order was issued under CrPC section of 144, the 135 schools which have not fulfiled safety compliances are liable to face action. District education department has written a letter to office of Gurugram police commissioner to register separate FIRs against these schools under IPC section 188 on October 26. As per the said guidelines, every school has been asked to form a safety committee - that includes two representatives of parent association - and installation of proper fire safety equipment, followed by an inspection report from fire department. Guidelines also ask for installation of adequate number of CCTV cameras, building toilets for non teaching staffs, deployment of women attendants at toilets for primary students, ramp toilets for physically challenge students, CCTV and GPS installation in school buses with women attendants and police verification of non teaching staffs.