Forum of Safe Schools (FoSS)
Launch: Forum of Safe Schools (FoSS) Panel discussion on “Safety First, Alphabet later” on October 28, 2017, 3:00 pm at The Parliament House, New Delhi, India Forum of Safe Schools (FoSS) is a forum of School establishment, regulatory bodies, Parent-teachers Associations, Law Associations, Judiciary bodies and Civil Societies. Varied senior-members from these above institutions joined this colloquial-body which is intending to design and develop policies and programs to protect and safeguard school-children from all forms of atrocities and sexual harassments and life-threatening situations. FoSS is a joint initiative of INBA & shOObh. INTRODUCTION As educators, as parents, as citizens, we know that young people do better at school and in life if they attend schools where they feel welcome and safe. Students and educators must feel safe in school to create an optimal learning and teaching environment. Creating a safer school must take into account