According to a press release, based on the directive ASDM) conducted the first meeting on “DEVELOPMENT OF ACTION PLAN ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SCHOOL SAFETY” on Monday under the chairmanship of Rajib Prakash Baruah, State Project Coorditor, ASDMA and Director, Information & Public Relations, Assam. Senior representatives from Education Department (Elementary & Secondary), Health Department, SSA, RMSA, Fire & Emergency Services, Assam, and Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and Assam State Disaster Magement Authority attended the meeting. A few of the major highlights of the action plan framed in the meeting were nomition of School Safety Focal Point Teachers (SFPT) and peer educators in schools, implementation of school safety trainings in the districts and joint monitoring of school safety interventions by the Education department and the DDMA.