<p>The City traffic police on Monday issued safety guidelines to schools operating in the Central Business District (CBD). <br /><br /></p>.<p>The police met representatives of 56 schools mostly in central Bengaluru as part of the ‘Safe Road to School’ (SRTS), a campaign launched in 2005. They directed the schools to implement the guidelines once the new academic year takes off.<br /><br />“We wanted to stress on the safety of schoolchildren on roads in and around their schools. Hence, we convened a meeting and discussed the issue at length,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M A Saleem said. Ensuring children’s safety while they travel to school and return home has become a major concern for the police and parents as well, he said.<br /><br />Viable means<br />A lot of congestion is witnessed before and after school hours, posing problems to children and other road users as well. <br /><br />Viable means will end the problem and also ensure the children’s safety. In this direction, the police suggested a few means to the school managements, said Saleem.<br /><br />Guidelines<br />The guidelines issued are: <br />The school managements should cooperate with the local police to ensure decongestion of roads before and after school hours; should ensure adequate space inside the school campus to park private vehicles ferrying children; should encourage parents to depend on public transport to send their wards to schools; should discourage use of private vehicles by children and their parents; should appoint school staff/private staff and direct them to work in tandem with the local police to ensure safe crossing of roads by children before and after school hours; should implement the children safety guidelines issued by the Supreme Court; should send drivers of school vehicles for safe and protective driving classes conducted by driving centres.<br /></p>
<p>The City traffic police on Monday issued safety guidelines to schools operating in the Central Business District (CBD). <br /><br /></p>.<p>The police met representatives of 56 schools mostly in central Bengaluru as part of the ‘Safe Road to School’ (SRTS), a campaign launched in 2005. They directed the schools to implement the guidelines once the new academic year takes off.<br /><br />“We wanted to stress on the safety of schoolchildren on roads in and around their schools. Hence, we convened a meeting and discussed the issue at length,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M A Saleem said. Ensuring children’s safety while they travel to school and return home has become a major concern for the police and parents as well, he said.<br /><br />Viable means<br />A lot of congestion is witnessed before and after school hours, posing problems to children and other road users as well. <br /><br />Viable means will end the problem and also ensure the children’s safety. In this direction, the police suggested a few means to the school managements, said Saleem.<br /><br />Guidelines<br />The guidelines issued are: <br />The school managements should cooperate with the local police to ensure decongestion of roads before and after school hours; should ensure adequate space inside the school campus to park private vehicles ferrying children; should encourage parents to depend on public transport to send their wards to schools; should discourage use of private vehicles by children and their parents; should appoint school staff/private staff and direct them to work in tandem with the local police to ensure safe crossing of roads by children before and after school hours; should implement the children safety guidelines issued by the Supreme Court; should send drivers of school vehicles for safe and protective driving classes conducted by driving centres.<br /></p>
