WB, Comprehensive School Safety & Security Programme (CSSSP) Guideline.

1. WEST BENGAL
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL
SAFETY AND SECURITY
(CSSS) GUIDELINE
– OUTLINE
West Bengal
30th April
2018
WB – CSSSP
Bibhuti Bhusan Gadnayak
Presented at UNICEF, Kolkota, West Bengal, India on 30th April 2018

2.  Introduction
 Rationale
 Part I- Introduction
 Part II- The Guideline
 Part III- Implementation of Policy
Guidelines
 Part IV - Roles and Responsibilities
Abbreviations
Glossary
CONTE
NTS

3. o Dabawali fire tragedy killed more than 100 children
1995
o Bus fell into Yamuna river in North Delhi killed 24
children 1997
o 971 students 31 teachers died in Bhuj, Gujrat
earthquake 2001
o The fire accident in a private school in Kumbakonam
town in Tamil Nadu charred 93 children to death
and severely injured another 30 on 16th July 2004
o 24 children died after the mid-day meal in a Bihar
school 2013
o 2016 Bihar accident children coming out of School
were met with accident
o 26th April 2018, 13 children killed after train hit the
school van at railway crossing in UP’s
Kushinagar
INTRODUCTION

4. RATIONALE
“It is the fundamental right of each and every child to receive education free from fear of security
and safety. The children cannot be compelled to receive education from an unsound and unsafe
building.”
India WB
Total population 1210.8 M 91. 28 M
Population under 0 - 17 years 472.1 M 29.9 M
Sex ratio 0 – 18 years 908
Adolescent population 10 -19 years 253.2 M 18.2 M
Child population 0-6 years 164.51 M 10.58 M
Child sex ratio 0-6 years 918
Source: Census 2011
 Inadequate and unsafe school environment and facilities
 Multi hazard prone state
 Abuse, Neglect and Violence against children in schools

5. PART I- INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Need for a CSSS Guidelines
The CSSSP is an attempt towards ensuring an effective mechanism for assessing, planning, implementing,
monitoring and redressal of grievances on safety and security of children in schools through a multi-
stakeholder engagement model
1.3 Legal and Policy Context
1.4 Objectives of this Policy Guideline-West
Bengal
1.5 Obligations
1.6 Applicability and Scope
1.7 Approach
1.8 Governing Principles
1.9 Process adopted for development of the
guideline

6. PART II- THE GUIDELINE
2.1 Defining Comprehensive School
Safety
2.1 Core Components of Comprehensive
School Safety and Security
2.2 Safe School Facilities and
Environment
2.3 Operational Guidelines
2.4 Disaster Risk Reduction in Schools
2.5 Operational Guidelines
2.6 Protection of Children from violence
and all forms of abuse in school
2.7 Operational Guidelines

7. PART III- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
POLICY GUIDELINES
3.1 Implementation Mechanism
3.2 Regular Monitoring of
Comprehensive School Safety and
Security

8. PART IV- ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1 Role of Stakeholders
4.2 Review of the guidelines
Abbreviations
Glossary

9. REFERENCE
 Memo No.235-SSE/17 Dt.26th October 2017, Govt. of WB, School Education
Department, Bikash Bhawan,6th floor, Salt Lake city, Kolkota Guideline for ensuring
safety and security of students in schools
 Others.........

10. Thank you