Yerzhan Babakumarov held a meeting on strengthening security measures in educational institutions
On behalf of the akim of the city of Almaty, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, the deputy akim of the city, Yerzhan Babakumarov, held an online meeting on the safety of children in educational institutions with the participation of the leadership of district akimats, district departments of education, top heads of educational organizations, representatives of interested city authorities.
To recall, earlier the akim of Almaty Bakhytzhan Sagintayev spoke about the strengthening of security measures in schools and kindergartens after the tragic incident in Kazan. “We will work on the safety of security in schools and kindergartens, we will do everything necessary to make our children feel completely safe,” said B. Sagintayev during an online presentation of comprehensive security measures in the metropolis.
During the meeting, issues of safety in educational institutions, prevention of crime and suicidal behavior among minors, measures to counter bullying (bullying of children at school) were considered.
The reports of the head of the city education department L. Zhylkybaeva, as well as the representative of the prosecutor's office of the city of Almaty were heard. Currently, there are indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras in public schools, residential institutions and colleges. More than 400 school psychologists and 140 school inspectors work in educational institutions.
As a result of the meeting, Deputy Akim of Almaty Yerzhan Babakumarov was given a number of specific instructions to introduce additional security measures in educational organizations, especially in schools and colleges. The Department of Education has been instructed to strengthen interdepartmental preventive and educational work together with the Department of Public Health and the City Police Department.
First, it is necessary to equip all educational organizations with video surveillance systems, taking into account blind spots and ensure their output to the operational management center of the Police Department with constant monitoring. For the safe stay of children and all employees, the heads of educational organizations need to continue constant monitoring of adherence to the access control and organization of duty, the work of watchmen, guards, ensuring uninterrupted video surveillance with the mandatory preservation of records, as well as conducting constant explanatory work on compliance with safety rules. In this direction, it was instructed to consider the issue of installing frames and turnstiles in the entrance group of each educational institution, providing children's institutions with specialized security.
Secondly, it is instructed to ensure high-quality work of the psychological service, in particular, school psychologists and class teachers. It is necessary to intensify the work on drawing up a psychological portrait, including the identification of the category of "risk groups". Separately, it was instructed to develop an algorithm of action for employees of colleges, schools, kindergartens in non-standard situations, as well as to continue the practice of conducting exercises in civil defense and emergency situations. Also, filters from prohibited sites will be installed on computer equipment.
Special attention was paid to the issues of lighting the territory of educational institutions and adjacent territories, individual streets, as well as an increase in the number of artificial road irregularities ("speed bumps"), traffic lights and signs prohibiting stopping near schools. In this direction, the work is carried out by the akimats of the districts.