Post 26/11, security, self-defence are buzzwords in Delhi schools
New Delhi: From putting up metal detectors to imparting self-defence training to students to mock evacuation drills, schools in the Indian capital are steeling themselves against the threat of terror that could find an easy target in children. Shaken by the Mumbai terror attack of Nov 26, Delhi's educational institutions, at least the ones that are privately run, have stepped up security in and around their campuses. "It is a fact that the Mumbai attacks have revealed how terror can be most appalling when the innocent and weak are targeted, thereby making schools vulnerable and easy targets. So the need of the hour is to be proactive," Vandana Puri, principal of the Salwan Public School in west Delhi, told sources. The school has put up a door frame metal detector at the entrance gate and no stranger is being allowed into the school. Teachers and students are also being trained in using fire-fighting equipment. "Regular mock drills for effective evacuation are being ...