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It was earlier limited to government offices, financial institutions and corporate offices but now CCTV camera surveillance is common at educational institutes also. Schools and colleges are increasingly equipping their buildings with this proverbial 'third eye' to be in more control of their environment.
Deepak Bajaj manages Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School and had pioneered the concept in 1996. "I had 74 sections for middle and high school and over 4,000 students were studying. Their activities along with those of teachers and multitude of visitors' needed to be monitored, and the only way possible was having CCTV," said Bajaj.
His father KC Bajaj, who started the school, had installed the intercom system in 1962 itself. "When you have a system of monitoring it helps immensely as all other stakeholders are aware that their activities are being recorded," said Bajaj.
Ritu Kataria, director of Tejswini Vidya Mandir, agrees saying vigilance through CCTV is effective. "It goes without saying that the media is providing too much exposure to students and they try to imitate the bad behaviour in our premises. We installed over 50 cameras in our school in 2007 and regularly monitor their activities," said Kataria.
And for all these institutes the system has delivered results. Kana Roy Chaudhuri, principal of Centre Point School (Katol Road), said, "We installed cameras in February and the very next day we caught an outsider trying to steal a mobile phone. For security reasons I won't tell how many and where we have installed these cameras, but since last year we have captured quite a few misdemeanours on tape."
A director of a well known educational group told TOI on condition of anonymity that premises have to be secured off-hours as well. "In our engineering college cameras have been installed due to increased misuse of the premises after college hours. Some parts are under construction and students as well as outsiders would indulge in unmentionable activities there. Now with 24 hours CCTV surveillance we have noticed that our campus has become extremely safe," he said.
Bajaj says the cameras have made administration much easier. "Whenever I send a memo to a teacher for negligence of duty I always give them a video CD. Same is done with the students, their acts of indiscipline are recorded and that puts us on a strong footing. My CCTV system allows me to view the output on my phone and I can even use the intercom over the phone," said Bajaj.
Former MLC (teachers' constituency) VU Daigavane, however, strongly objects to this practice. "Schools and colleges are like a family and by installing cameras the management is showing distrust. Do we install cameras at home to watch our family members? Then why do so at schools? My suggestion will be to appoint supervisors who can monitor teachers but CCTV cameras should be scrapped," said Daigavane.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/CCTV-cameras-in-education-institutes-help-reduce-misdemeanour/articleshow/17974856.cms
Deepak Bajaj manages Mahatma Gandhi Centennial High School and had pioneered the concept in 1996. "I had 74 sections for middle and high school and over 4,000 students were studying. Their activities along with those of teachers and multitude of visitors' needed to be monitored, and the only way possible was having CCTV," said Bajaj.
His father KC Bajaj, who started the school, had installed the intercom system in 1962 itself. "When you have a system of monitoring it helps immensely as all other stakeholders are aware that their activities are being recorded," said Bajaj.
Ritu Kataria, director of Tejswini Vidya Mandir, agrees saying vigilance through CCTV is effective. "It goes without saying that the media is providing too much exposure to students and they try to imitate the bad behaviour in our premises. We installed over 50 cameras in our school in 2007 and regularly monitor their activities," said Kataria.
And for all these institutes the system has delivered results. Kana Roy Chaudhuri, principal of Centre Point School (Katol Road), said, "We installed cameras in February and the very next day we caught an outsider trying to steal a mobile phone. For security reasons I won't tell how many and where we have installed these cameras, but since last year we have captured quite a few misdemeanours on tape."
A director of a well known educational group told TOI on condition of anonymity that premises have to be secured off-hours as well. "In our engineering college cameras have been installed due to increased misuse of the premises after college hours. Some parts are under construction and students as well as outsiders would indulge in unmentionable activities there. Now with 24 hours CCTV surveillance we have noticed that our campus has become extremely safe," he said.
Bajaj says the cameras have made administration much easier. "Whenever I send a memo to a teacher for negligence of duty I always give them a video CD. Same is done with the students, their acts of indiscipline are recorded and that puts us on a strong footing. My CCTV system allows me to view the output on my phone and I can even use the intercom over the phone," said Bajaj.
Former MLC (teachers' constituency) VU Daigavane, however, strongly objects to this practice. "Schools and colleges are like a family and by installing cameras the management is showing distrust. Do we install cameras at home to watch our family members? Then why do so at schools? My suggestion will be to appoint supervisors who can monitor teachers but CCTV cameras should be scrapped," said Daigavane.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/CCTV-cameras-in-education-institutes-help-reduce-misdemeanour/articleshow/17974856.cms
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