Archive · 30 May 2025
Gujarat Mandates Police Escort for All School Outings
Imagine you're going on a school trip!
Now, in Gujarat, India, the police will be joining you on these trips.
This means every time you go on a school tour, picnic, or any educational visit, there will be police officers there to help keep you safe.
If there are girls in your class, there will also be a policewoman to watch over everyone.
The police and the school are working together to ensure everyone has a safe and fun time.
This new rule came after a school trip had an accident, so this is one way to make sure all kids are protected.
Gujarat mandates police escorts for all school outings.
The directive applies to all government, aided, and private schools.
At least one female police officer must be included if girls are present.
School principals must contact local police to arrange for police presence.
The decision follows a school picnic incident in Vadodara.
- Who
- All schools, including government, aided, and private schools, and the Gujarat Director General of Police.
- What
- Mandatory police escorts for all school tours, picnics, and educational visits.
- When
- Following the 2024 DGP-IGP conference.
- Where
- Gujarat.
- Why
- To ensure student safety and strengthen the relationship between students and the police, following a school picnic incident.
- Mandate
- Police escort for school tours, picnics, and educational visits.
- Applicability
- All govt, aided, and private schools in Gujarat.
- Female Officer Requirement
- Required if girl students are present.
- Action Required
- School principals must contact local police.
- Origin
- Directive from Gujarat's Director General of Police.
- Reason
- To enhance safety and police-student relations, post-incident review.