Guidelines issued after hoax bomb threat to schools: school premises, playgrounds to be used only for academic purposes
1 year ago

Guidelines issued after hoax bomb threat to schools: school premises, playgrounds to be used only for academic purposes

The Hindu  

After the hoax bomb threats to several schools disrupted life in the city, putting children, parents and school managements through a lot of worry and panic recently, the Department of School Education and Literacy has issued a circular to all schools to take precautionary measures to ensure the safety of children. The circular issued by DSEL reiterates that school premises and playgrounds attached to them have to be used only for educational purposes like extra curricular activities, sports, physical education and other events of the schools, and should not be rented out for other events. Demand for a ‘School Safety Policy’ However, private school managements are not happy with the circular. Terming it ‘insufficient’, they are now demanding a dedicated school safety policy, which will include legal protection to not only school children, but their staff, management and property, on the lines of legal protection given to hospitals and doctors.

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After Delhi's DPS, Noida's school gets bomb threat, investigation underway
3 days, 23 hours ago

After Delhi's DPS, Noida's school gets bomb threat, investigation underway

India TV News  

The series of bomb threats targeting schools in the Delhi-NCR region continued unabated on Friday, with two prominent institutions, DPS Dwarka in Delhi and Lotus Valley School in Noida’s Sector 126, receiving similar threats. The threat to Lotus Valley School was sent via email, leading to immediate panic within the school premises. This is among the six threats reported in …

Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence
5 days, 23 hours ago

Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence

CNN  

CNN — To help avert potential school violence, students and staff need to know certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more than 20 years. Make sure students can report …

Eight more schools get hoax bomb threats
1 week, 2 days ago

Eight more schools get hoax bomb threats

The Hindu  

Eight Delhi schools received bomb threats through e-mails on Saturday morning. The police termed the fresh threat a “hoax”, saying nothing suspicious was found on the schools’ premises during search operations carried out by emergency response teams, local police, bomb detection units, and dog squads. Warning to student Meanwhile, Delhi Police’s Special Cell identified a private school student who had …

8 Delhi schools get bomb threat; day after alert at 30 others
Top News
1 week, 2 days ago

8 Delhi schools get bomb threat; day after alert at 30 others

Hindustan Times  

At least eight more schools in Delhi received hoax bomb threats via email on Saturday morning, marking the third such incident targeting educational institutions in the city this week, and the second in as many days. A day earlier, 30 schools received similar alerts, police said. The affected schools on Saturday included Delhi Public School in RK Puram, Ryan International …

Bomb scare in Delhi: Several schools receive bomb threats via emails, second threat this week; probe on
1 week, 3 days ago

Bomb scare in Delhi: Several schools receive bomb threats via emails, second threat this week; probe on

Live Mint  

A total of six schools in Delhi received bomb threats over email early on Friday, triggering a multi-agency search of the premises. As reported by PTI, citing a Delhi Fire Services official, “We received calls from Bhatnagar International School in Paschim Vihar, Cambridge School in Shri Niwas Puri and DPS Amar Colony in East of Kailash.” "The fire department, police …

Bomb threats target schools in Lithuania, Latvia
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bomb threats target schools in Lithuania, Latvia

China Daily  

VILNIUS/RIGA -- Several schools in Lithuania and Latvia received bomb threats via email on Monday, the first day of the new school year, according to police reports. As of 9 am local time, the police in Lithuania had received 26 reports of threats to blow up educational institutions in the capital city of Vilnius, as confirmed by Revita Janaviciute, a …

Bomb hoax email targets eight schools in Bengaluru
7 months, 1 week ago

Bomb hoax email targets eight schools in Bengaluru

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: An email threatening to blow up at least eight private schools in Bengaluru put the police department in a tizzy on Tuesday. Following calls from the schools on Tuesday morning, the police rushed to the campuses and carried out extensive searches with the bomb squad and sniffer dogs, but could not find any explosive substances, an officer said. The …

Why we must reassess emergency response in the wake of the Delhi school bomb hoax
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why we must reassess emergency response in the wake of the Delhi school bomb hoax

Hindustan Times  

On the morning of May 1, 2024, more than 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region received bomb threats over email. While Delhi's education minister Atishi and the Delhi police confirmed the news on social media, bomb squads and police teams investigated the schools and increased security throughout the Capital. Less than a week later, on Monday, May …

Hoax Bomb Threat: Delhi Govt Asks School Heads to Shut Down Portals, Stay Vigilant
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hoax Bomb Threat: Delhi Govt Asks School Heads to Shut Down Portals, Stay Vigilant

News 18  

Hours after several schools in the national capital received a hoax bomb threat on Wednesday, the Directorate of Education issued a circular to over 35 heads of schools asking the administration to be “extra vigilant” and “shut down their portals” during school hours as part of precautions for the safety and security of students and staff on the premises. The …

Bomb threat appears to be hoax, no need to panic: MHA on threatening emails to schools
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Bomb threat appears to be hoax, no need to panic: MHA on threatening emails to schools

India TV News  

Delhi schools bomb threat: Following the bomb threat to some schools across Delhi-NCR, the Ministry of Home Affairs reassured that there is no need to panic and termed the threat as a "hoax". Several schools in the national capital, including DPS Dwarka, BGS International School, Sanskriti School, Indian School, St Thomas School and Amity School in Pushp Vihar, faced a …

Chennai: Bomb threats rattle five private schools, police assure public safety
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai: Bomb threats rattle five private schools, police assure public safety

India TV News  

Amidst heightened tension, five private schools across Chennai received bomb threats, prompting swift action from law enforcement agencies. The schools, situated in prominent areas including Anna Nagar, JJ Nagar, Parrys Corner, Gopalapuram, and Mylapore, were immediately subjected to thorough searches by police personnel. Some schools accommodated students within their premises while awaiting clearance from law enforcement agencies. Police deployment and …

The limits to school security become clear as parents demand answers after Texas shooting
2 years, 6 months ago

The limits to school security become clear as parents demand answers after Texas shooting

LA Times  

A woman waits outside after school at Yorkdale Elementary in Highland Park on Wednesday, one day after 19 children and two adults were killed at a school in Texas. The Texas school shooting has prompted questions among Los Angeles-area parents about school security measures that could prevent similar violence on their children’s campuses. “Moments like these force us as educators …

Security protocols leave threat responses up to schools
3 years ago

Security protocols leave threat responses up to schools

Associated Press  

School systems nationwide rely on high-level expertise from the U.S. Secret Service and others as they work to stay vigilant for signs of potential student violence, training staff, surveilling social media and urging others to tip them off. “There is no such thing as the perfect school safety and crisis response protocol,” said Stephen Brock, a lead author on the …

Some US schools closed as viral TikTok challenge warns of shooting, bomb threats
3 years ago

Some US schools closed as viral TikTok challenge warns of shooting, bomb threats

Hindustan Times  

Schools across the United States are on alert due to a viral post on popular video sharing app TikTok. “Law enforcement agencies have investigated this threat and determined that it originated in Arizona and is not credible,” the Baltimore County Public Schools said on its Twitter account. “We handle even rumored threats with utmost seriousness, which is why we’re working …

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