What are the criteria to evaluate school safety, accident, and injury prevention in Vietnam? – Hoang Quyen (Quang Nam)
50 criteria to evaluate school safety, accident, and injury prevention in Vietnam (Internet image)
Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:
On October 26, 2023, the Minister of Education and Training promulgated Circular 18/2023/TT-BGDDT guiding the construction of safe schools and preventing and combating accidents and injuries in general education establishments and continuing education establishments.
A safe school that prevents accidents and injuries is one where learners, administrators, teachers, staff, and visitors are guaranteed physical and mental safety and are free from school violence; are protected, treated fairly and compassionately, and promote democracy; and minimize risk factors that cause injuries.
The school organizes the implementation and self-assessment of the criteria for safe schools, accident and injury prevention in the Appendix issued with Circular 18/2023/TT-BGDDT.
NO. |
CRITERIA |
A |
Facilities, equipment, documents, and teaching materials |
I |
Location, scale, auxiliary blocks and technical infrastructure |
1 |
The school campus is separated from the outside by a protective fence; School gates, walls, and fences are secured, have nameplates, and open and close according to prescribed hours. |
2 |
Location, area, room blocks, auxiliary blocks and technical infrastructure ensure to meet the minimum standards of facilities according to regulations. The playground is flat and non-slip. Multi-purpose gym (if any), outdoor sports practice area does not affect the activities of the classroom area. There is a separate path for students with mobility disabilities (if the school has students with mobility disabilities). |
II |
Classroom |
3 |
Solid, airy, clean, well-lit. |
4 |
Learners' desks and chairs are guaranteed to meet prescribed standards. The door system is sturdy, has hooks and is fixed when the door is opened; Windows have sturdy, safe bars. |
5 |
Electrical systems, equipment for teaching and learning in the classroom and other equipment (electric fans, projectors, televisions, amplifiers, air conditioners...) are installed in appropriate locations, safe. |
III |
Play porch, railing, stairs |
6 |
Play porch, railings, stairs according to prescribed standards; Do not leave tables, chairs and utensils in the play area or railing. Elevators and food transport elevators (if any) have doors and locks to ensure safety. |
IV |
Kitchen, cafeteria, canteen (if any) |
7 |
Independent from the functional rooms and classrooms and has fire-fighting equipment to ensure good operation. |
8 |
Ensure one-way kitchen process, air circulation. Enough light, airy and dry (no humidity or stagnant water), and has a cabinet to store food samples as prescribed. There are kitchen rules, a financial disclosure board and a daily menu mounted in an easy-to-observe location. |
9 |
Food service equipment and utensils are made of safe materials and are clean. There are trash classification bins with lids; waste treatment process according to regulations. The stove system, gas tank, electric wire, and electrical outlet are guaranteed to meet safety standards. |
V |
Toilet |
10 |
Toilets for learners, officials, teachers, and staff are designed to be airy and arranged separately for men and women; The toilet floor is dry, clean, anti-slip, and has a continuously operating water supply and drainage system. |
11 |
Appropriate sanitary equipment, easy to use. There are sanitary facilities for students with disabilities (if the school has students with disabilities). |
VI |
Clean water, landscape, environmental sanitation |
12 |
Drinking water and cooking water systems ensure quality and are quality tested according to regulations. |
13 |
The green tree system fits the landscape and creates shade; Big trees and old trees are reinforced, cut, and pruned to ensure safety. Flower beds and plant beds do not have sharp edges; Flower pots and ornamental plants are placed in a safe and secure location; Do not plant plants that are at risk of causing poison or sharp thorns. |
14 |
The system of ponds, lakes, and swimming pools in the school (if any) must be fenced and have danger warning signs. |
VII |
Equipment, documents, teaching materials |
15 |
Equipment, documents, and teaching materials suitable to the psychological and physiological characteristics of learners; Does not contain content that incites violence, discriminates against gender, religion, or goes against good customs. |
16 |
Practical and experimental equipment, tools, and equipment for exercise, sports, and games are guaranteed to be safe and secure, eliminating the risk of accidents when used. |
17 |
There are specialized or adapted tools, equipment, and learning materials suitable for learners with disabilities or learners with special needs. |
B |
School security and order, preventing and combating school violence, crime, social evils, protecting learners in the online environment |
18 |
Have plans and plans to coordinate and implement security and order and respond to prevent crimes and social evils from entering the school. |
19 |
Publicize plans to prevent and combat school violence and channels to receive information and denunciations about school violence. Deploy communication and education work and regularly update information on the school violence prevention system under the Education sector database. |
20 |
Do not allow violations of the law on security, order, prevention and control of school violence, crime, and social evils in schools. |
21 |
Effectively organize communication work, educate knowledge and skills to ensure safety and cultural behavior in the online environment for learners. |
C |
Prevent and combat drowning, traffic accidents and other types of injuries |
22 |
Have documents and organize communication and education on drowning prevention and safety skills in the water environment in accordance with local and school practices. |
23 |
Organize swimming lessons for students within the school or coordinate to organize swimming lessons and drowning prevention skills outside the school. Ensure safe conditions when organizing swimming lessons in schools according to regulations (if the school organizes swimming lessons). |
24 |
Coordinate with families and localities to sign a commitment to prevent incidents of learners inviting each other to bathe, swim, or play unsafely, leading to drowning accidents inside and outside the school. |
25 |
There are documents and organizations for communication and education on traffic safety and traffic culture. Organize traffic and parking spots in the school to ensure safety and not affect the educational and training activities of students. |
26 |
Coordinate with families and localities to sign a commitment to prevent learners from violating the law on traffic order and safety inside and outside the school. |
27 |
Take measures and proactively coordinate with local authorities in ensuring order and traffic safety at the school gate area and on school buses. |
28 |
Fully and seriously implement regulations on fire prevention and fighting for agencies, schools, and dormitories. |
29 |
Have documents and organize communication and education on fire prevention and fighting in accordance with local and school practices. |
30 |
Organize communication and education for learners and develop response plans and practice drills for fire and explosion situations, natural disasters, extreme weather and other types of injuries that commonly occur in the locality. , school. |
31 |
Avoid accidents and injuries (drowning, traffic accidents, fires, explosions, electric shocks, falls, collisions, falling trees, collapsed walls...) that cause serious consequences within the area. school. |
D |
Protect and care for learners' health |
I |
School health |
32 |
There is a medical room arranged in a convenient location for first aid/initial aid according to regulations. |
33 |
Have a complete list of essential drugs and medical equipment according to regulations; There are first aid tools and disease prevention items and equipment. |
34 |
There is a health check, a record system, and monitoring of health status, diseases, and school disabilities for learners and updates of student health status information on the Education sector database system. |
35 |
There are full-time or part-time medical staff who are professionally trained according to regulations. |
36 |
Have a plan to coordinate with local health care in school health work and documents, organize communication and education on protecting and caring for learners' health. Do not let epidemics or diseases spread on a large scale within the school. |
II |
Food safety, prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol and beer |
37 |
Fully and seriously implement food safety regulations, avoid food poisoning when organizing meals, canteen services in the school or in out-of-school educational activities organized by the school. position. |
38 |
There are documents and organizations for communication and education to prevent harmful effects of tobacco, new tobacco products, alcohol, beer and other addictive substances. |
39 |
Do not sell, advertise or market tobacco, alcohol, beer, foods harmful to health, violent toys of unknown origin on school grounds. |
DD |
Implement codes of conduct and democratic regulations in schools; Mental health education and psychological counseling and social work for learners |
40 |
Promulgate and organize the good implementation of the Code of Conduct and Democracy Regulations in schools (have regulations suitable to the school's practical conditions; organize serious and effective implementation, with annual inspection and summary evaluation). |
41 |
Establish an information channel to capture and monitor the mental health and psychological status of learners. Plan and organize communication on mental health education for learners. |
42 |
There is a private space for psychological counseling for learners; There is a book to monitor psychological counseling work, fully recorded and kept confidential according to regulations. |
43 |
Establish a school psychology consulting team; Officials and teachers working in psychological counseling and social work are periodically trained to improve their capacity and update new knowledge about mental health and psychology of learners. |
E |
Management |
44 |
Have an activity plan for each year and period on building safe schools, preventing and combating accidents and injuries; Organize evaluation and reporting according to regulations. |
45 |
Publicize phone numbers, suggestion boxes, and forms of receiving information about violence, abuse, and insecurity for learners in easy-to-observe and accessible locations. |
46 |
There is connection and information sharing between schools and learners' families on ensuring safety, preventing and preventing accidents and injuries for learners. |
47 |
There are organized groups/teams/groups/clubs for learners to proactively and preside over a number of activities and topics to practice skills in accident and injury prevention and support each other on the way to school, in the community, at home. |
48 |
There is a public board of inspection results, evaluating school safety, accident and injury prevention, posted on the school's general information board and on the school's website (if any). |
49 |
Coordinate to organize checks, warnings, prevent and eliminate risks of drowning, traffic accidents, violence and other injuries to learners in the community and coordinate management of learners during summer vacation. |
50 |
Organize regular and periodic inspections of activities to build safe schools and prevent accidents and injuries to learners (with plans, minutes, and inspection results). |
More details can be found in Circular 18/2023/TT-BGDDT
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