Ryan School boy murder: Delhi govt directs schools to verify staff members

In wake of the recent murder of a sevenyearold student inside the premises of a private school in Gurugram followed a day later by the rape of a fiveyearold girl in Delhis Tagore Public school the Delhi government on Monday issued a mandatory direction to all Delhi schools to submit a record of their staff members within a week to get them verified by the local police stationsDeputy Chief minister Manish Sisodia called an emergency meeting on Monday with all governmental departments police officials and schools private government and MCD and listed out a set of instructions to be followed by all schoolsIn a press conference Sisodia disclosed the issues taken up at the meeting and said that private schoolsiquest political linkage is the major reason behind the occurrence of such casesAlso read Police verification of staff drivers conductors made mandatory in Lucknow schoolsUntil the big private schools are not emancipated from political protection they will do anything they want in this country Students may get exploited and murdered and no one can touch themiquest he said adding that he has been informed that Ryan international schools Managing Director MD was responsible for conducting BJP membership drive among parents which hints at a political linkThe Deputy CM slammed the school authority for the dysfunctional CCTV cameras at the school premisesIf you can send messages for BJP membership it means you have resources but you doniquestt have resources to mend cameras he saidIn this regard the Delhi government has directed schools to install CCTV cameras in all classrooms corridors stairs outside washrooms and playground and asked Head of Schools HOS to submit an online report on the Directorates portal informing the functionality of the CCTV cameras each month A deadline for submission is yet to be decidedSisodia also called for a regressive round of police verification of all staff members working in whatever capacity within three weeksA record of all employees will have to be submitted to the local police station which will then generate a verification report within 15 daysAlso read Ryan School murder My brother was beaten up to give wrong statementsNoncompliance with the directions will lead to strict actions informed the Deputy CMIn addition another report with a record of employees and their verification status will have to be submitted which will be updated every month as wellA committee comprising principals of schools of Municipal Corporation of Delhi Delhi government New Delhi Municipal Council the private ones and officials of transport and education departments will also be set up which will device comprehensive suggestions for safety and security of children in schoolsSpeaking on the rape of a fiveyearold in a Delhi school Sisodia assured that he will make it an exemplary case adding that it could not be a simple caseIt cant be a simple case if a school peon after school hours took away the child and the school authority had no knowledge of it So I think there is more to this case he saidThe Delhi police have published the following instructions that were taken during the meeting on the microblogging site TwitterGet a securitysafety audit done of the school premises and follow security related adviceInstall CCTV cameras at all vulnerable areaspoints in the school premisesGet a police verification done for all the staff employeesEmploy supporting staff from authorised agencies and keep proper recordsAlso read Ryan International school murder Renuka Shahane questions kids security in a Facebook post