Billabong High International School, Santacruz  West, has upped security measures in the wake of the attack. The authorities have started conducting random checks on their premises. Pic/Satej Shinde

In the last one week, the Bhayandar office of A-Check Global Solutions has been inundated with phone calls from harried school authorities requesting their services. The US-based agency, which has branches across the country, is an employment-screening organisation that conducts background checks, digs out education history and criminal records (if any) of prospective and existing staffers. "Till about four years ago, we'd approach schools with the concept and be turned down because they never felt the need for such services," says Ravi Gupta, senior manager, corporate sales.