DEA Issues Security SOPs for Schools

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Rawalpindi:The District Education Authority (DEA), Rawalpindi has issued 14-point security measures and school safety SOPs for private educational institutions across the district, which will come into effect immediately.

Action will be taken against institutions that do not implement the SOPs. In this regard, the administration of private educational institutions has been strictly instructed to complete the arrangements for security measures within 2 days.

For this purpose, all private educational institutions have been required to construct a boundary wall of at least 8 feet high and install 2 feet of razor wire on it, install CCTV cameras and ensure their full functionality, keep a UPS and backup system for CCTV, ensure proper CCTV coverage inside and outside the school, establish and ensure the functionality of a control room. It has been declared necessary to have a metal detector in every institution and its functioning. After a thorough check, security guards should be hired who must have weapons and full uniforms.

Published in The NEWS on December 13, 2025. 

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