Taking note of possible terrorist attacks on educational institutions, the State Government, as per a directive of the Centre, has issued standard operating procedure (SOP) for all colleges and universities to ensure safety of the students. As per the SOP issued by the Higher Education department, each college and university must have three to four gates, each to be manned by three to four security guards on 24-hour duty.
There would be police control rooms at the gates and in the premises of the educational institutions with the telephone numbers of the local police station, which would be clearly visible to any person so that he/she can inform the police if any untoward incident takes place. Besides, the height of the boundary wall would be raised so that it would not be possible for anyone to enter into these premises by jumping over the wall. The wall would be mounted with barbed wire.
The authorities of the colleges and universities have been asked to install CCTV cameras in and outside their institutions. The CCTVs must have the facilities to store the footage for 72 hours. There must be a walkie-talkie communication between the nodal security officer and the security guards. The SOP would also require an emergency alarm system to be put in place in the institutions to keep the students and the staff alert on any untoward incident. To make the students aware of kidnapping incident, there must be mock drills at regular intervals to impart them the training to protect them against such incident.