Lok Sabha Question No. 2592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Deployment of Security Guards at Schools
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2592

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 09 th   JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 18, 1941 (SAKA)

DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY GUARDS AT SCHOOLS

2592.

SHRI PINAKI MISHRA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  make  it  mandatory  for  all  the schools  or  its  management  to  deploy  Security  Guards  from  exclusively Government rehabilitation centres like ex-Army or ex-Para-military personnel for quality and strict vigilance in view of the recent incidents of small school children  getting  killed  due  to  negligence  or  sex  crimes  within  the  school premises;
- (b)  if  so,  the  time  by  which  the  Government  is  likely  to  implement  the  said measures;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  will  consider  deploying  Home  Guards  in  all  the Government schools so that it provides enhanced job opportunity to the Home Guard  personnel  and  at  the  same  time,  provide  trained  quality  security services; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) &  (b):  The  State  Governments  and  Union  Territory  Administrations  have direct  responsibility  of  ensuring    safety  and  security  of  students  in  schools under their  territorial  control.  The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development had issued guidelines in October 2014 to State Governments/UT Administration for  safety  and  security  of  children  including  preventive  mechanism  and procedures required to be put in place in the schooling system. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), in its Affiliation Bye-laws 2018 has prescribed that  schools follow the  guidelines of  Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in WP(C)

## LS.US.Q.NO.2592 FOR 09.07.2019

No.483 of 2004, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) guidelines on School Safety Policy 2016, the National Commission  for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Manual on Safety and Security of Children in Schools and National Building Code 2005, related to the Safety of children in schools.

As per the instructions of Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy  Industries  and  Public  Enterprises  and  Ministry  of  Defence,  security services through Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) are extended only to the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).  No specific instructions have been issued  for  deployment  of  security  guards  exclusively  from  Government Rehabilitation  centres  relating  to  ex-Army  or  ex-Para-  military  personnel  in Government Schools.

(c)  &  (d)  'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  under  the  Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order,  protection  of  life  and  safety  and  security  of  the  citizens  including children rest with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to take adequate measures for safety and security of children and deployment of Home Guards in schools.

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