CBSE issues diktat to pan India schools to enhance students security
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 21,2025
Central Board of Secondary Education has issued a diktat to its affiliated schools in pan India by amending by-law mandating schools to install high resolution CCTV Cameras with audio-visual facility at all the entry and exit points of the school, lobbies, corridors, staircases, all the classrooms, labs, library, canteen area, store room, playground and other common areas except toilets and washrooms with real time audio-visual recording concerning safety in the schools.
“As per the Manual on Safety and Security of Children in Schools, NCPCR, “School Safety” has been defined as creating a safe environment for children, starting from their homes to their schools and back. This includes safety from any kind of abuse, violence, psycho-social issues, disaster: natural and man-made, fire, and transportation,” the notification from the CBSE said.
To ensure the safety of students in the school premises, the board has made an amendment in Chapter 4 (Physical Infrastructure) of Affiliation Bye Laws-2018 by incorporating a clause about CCTV installation. As per orders, “these CCTV Cameras must be equipped with a storage device with the capacity of holding footage of at-least 15 days. It shall be ensured that a backup of a minimum 15 days be preserved, which may be accessed by the authorities, if required.
“Children require a healthy and supportive environment to grow and develop. Children of our country have Constitutional guarantee of the fundamental rights to live with dignity and to have access to education in an environment that is safe, protective and conducive for their growth and development” said CBSE Secretary Himanshu Gupta.
“Safety of students is one of the paramount responsibilities of a school and ensures that the students get a safe and cohesive eco-system in the school. The Safety has two aspects- (a) safety from scrupulous unsocietal elements (b) safety for the overall well-being of the children with reference to bullying and other implicit threats. Bullying can cause victimized students to suffer from lower self-esteem and daily stress about their well-being,” Gupta added.
