Police verification of staff made mandatory in Lucknow schools
11 Sept 2017 9:56 PM IST
Lucknow: The education department of Uttar Pradesh has made police verification of the staff, bus drivers and conductors mandatory for the schools in the state capital here in the wake of the brutal murder of a seven-year-old boy in a school in Gurgaon, Haryana.
"We have issued a circular for police verification of the school staff, bus drivers and conductors as most of the schools did not get the antecedents of the drivers of the school buses, private vans or autorickshaws ferrying the kids verified," District Inspector of Schools (DIoS) Mukesh Kumar Singh said.
He said the schools did check the driving licence of the drivers but usually did not scrutinise their past record, which could jeopardise the safety aspects of students.
Taking a serious view of the Gurgaon incident, the education department has also banned the use of smartphones by the drivers and conductors of the Lucknow schools.
The schools have also been asked to ensure that sharp objects do not find their way into the vehicles ferrying the students.
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