A 34-member police-led team will hold the security audit. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
A 34-member police-led team has been constituted to hold a security audit of all government schools and colleges in Islamabad before they are declared safe to resume classes.
Assistant Inspector General (Special Branch) Waqar Ahmed Chohan will lead the team comprising members of the Islamabad administration and police and representatives of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE).
At a security briefing arranged for school and college principals and FDE officials at the F-7/2 College on Wednesday, AIG (Operations) Sultan Azam Temuri told the huddle that teams headed by officers of DSP and inspector ranks will visit 422 educational institutions within Islamabad to evaluate security issues and come up with a plan to make them more secure, or to lessen the impact of losses in case a Peshawar school attack-like situation happens.
He told the gathering that police teams will also deliver special lectures to students and staff about precautionary security steps they may take in case of emergencies.
The AIG asked the school administration to use only one gate for entry and exit and ensure complete verification of security guards, canteen staffers and drivers.
He said security drills should also be conducted at the institutes monthly and a focal person should be appointed to review security measures continuously. He also called for installing CCTV cameras in educational institutes besides constructing eight-foot high boundary walls.
Only those educational institutes will be allowed to resume academic activities after winter vacations whose security arrangements are satisfactory.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2014.
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