In Haryana, all technical institutes would be well guarded by the security personnel and through CCTV cameras.
“In a bid to provide a safe environment to work and study in the State, Haryana Technical Education Department has decided that the technical institutes falling under the ambit of the Department will comply with the guidelines for safety and security,” said Education Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma.
For the successful academic functioning, safe environment is of paramount importance, therefore, the Principals, Head of the Institutions and the Management would ensure proper safety and security of the students, said he.
The Minister said all the technical institutes would be well guarded by the security personnel and through CCTV cameras with the provision of recording and storage capacity for minimum 45 days. The institutes would get done the security audit of their employees from the respective police stations and ensure the safety audit of the premises from an Approved Agency, said he.
Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Sumita Misra, said all the technical institutes were required to establish and empower Grievance Redressal Committee, Anti-ragging Committee, Internal Complaints Committee handling Gender Sensitization, Prevention and Prohibition of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees or Students and SC-ST Grievance Committee and prominently display the details of these committees on the institutional notice boards as well as on the website.
She said the guidelines issued by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and other regulatory bodies like UGC, AICTE, PCI, CoA and NCHMCT from time to time would be duly also be complied with by all the technical institutions.
The Standard Operating Procedures and prescribed safety norms would be adopted by the students while performing in labs and workshops, she added.
She added that since, the students of the institute are also sent on educational tours, study tours, field visits, industrial visits and excursion. Therefore, appropriate safety and standard safeguards during such visits were to be assured to prevent any untoward incidents, Misra said.
The Institutions will implement these safety measures in full, within three months, failing which, the competent authority will take the action against the institutes for non-compliance of these instructions, she added.