Security challenging in the education environment

One of the most important requirements for The American School of Doha is to ensure safe and secure learning environment including the school camps, accordingly, American School of Doha (ASD) has started on August 2011 to force the parents to show and to wear their identity card whenever, they come to the camps.

Consequently, all parents, families and household must show their ID cards to the security guard at the school gate, when they come to pick up their children from the school.

 

While this has enhanced the security, it has caused some other problems such as the waiting queue at the school gate, as, the parents when they come to pick up their children they wait for some time until the security guard check their ID card so they can enter the gate. “Personal example”

Thus, the place is crowded with many parents waiting for their turn to enter the school. Accordingly, the parents should bring their ID cards; otherwise, they have to wait, in order to write down their names and their signature.

Moreover, the parents should park their cars, although, there were no enough parking lots, and then the parents have to enter the gate to pick up their children; their time will be wasted. 

My suggestion is to provide parking lots inside not outside the gates of the school. Parents should be provided with car passes on the gates, the school should have a security system that does not allow a car to enter without its pass.