The Ministry of Education instructed the principals of public schools, for the first time, the need to follow up on a daily basis to attend and leave the safety officers in the schools, whether by registering in the fingerprint system or manually or electronically in the absence of it, and the ministry also identified a new mechanism for reporting incidents, based on the formation of a team of The school where any accident occurs, to investigate its causes and to submit the results of the investigation to the Ministry within 30 days.

Finally, the Ministry requested the circulation of its distribution to public schools to follow up the safety officer's commitment, and send monthly statements of attendance to each safety officer via e-mail to the Ministry, indicating the number of hours of work and any leaves spent outside the school (all kinds). The violator shall be warned.

The ministry stressed that it aims to ensure the safety and security of school students and staff, including administrators, teachers, technicians and workers, by following up the safety officer with all technical matters that guarantee the safety of the school community.This will be achieved only by the commitment of safety officers to daily work and their keenness to follow up on all these matters.

In another circular, the ministry addressed to the principals, the new mechanism for reporting all accidents within the schools, namely student injuries, medical conditions, especially critical, the spread of infectious diseases and epidemics, fires, gas emissions and chemicals, noting that the new mechanism for reporting incidents In schools ensure the protection of students and school staff, and avoid any future incidents that endanger their lives.

The ministry asked to identify the reasons that caused such incidents, in order to put the necessary corrective measures to avoid them in the future.

The new mechanism included steps to report school accidents and follow-up methods, and work to monitor the effects, with the identification of steps to remedy, provided that the school where any of these incidents detailed reports to the Ministry within a maximum of 30 days, and be investigated and reports by teams formed The school to investigate all types of accidents it is experiencing, according to their severity, severity of impact and consequences, and the likelihood that they will occur again.

The task forces were obliged to document investigations and official incident reports, including several statements and background information, first and foremost the type and classification of the incident, whether it is a minor incident that is recorded internally or a serious report.

The new mechanism focuses on monitoring the causes of the accident and describing it accurately, with details of the injured persons, in addition to collecting, studying and analyzing all available evidence about the incident through interviews with eyewitnesses, observations from the site such as physical evidence that were seized, in addition to monitoring and analysis. The sequence of the incident, the immediate measures taken to address it and reduce its effects, as well as preventive measures and measures to prevent the recurrence of incidents in the future.

20 criteria for the assessment of safety officer

The Ministry of Education has set 20 criteria for evaluating school safety officers on their interaction and collaboration with school administrations in administrative work and events within their schools.

The ministry explained that the grades of each criterion ranges from one grade to five grades, and the director of each school calculates what the safety officer gets from 100 degrees, and then specifies in the recommendations that the officer «stays» or «transferred to another stage», or «not fit», with Determine the rationale for it.

Assessment points include the presence of a safety officer prior to the arrival of the first student to the school, and leave after the departure of the last student, and follow-up behavior of students when they come and leave and during the break and movement outside the classroom, conducting intensive inspection tours, and participate in school activities, and professionalism in dealing with students and their families, and with the two bodies. Administrative and educational.

- «Education» identified a mechanism

New to report

For accidents inside

Schools.