المملكة: 10 thousand visitors conclude the activities of the Security, Safety and Utilities Forum in Jeddah

The activities of the Security and Safety and Utilities Forum were concluded today, which was organized by the General Administration of Education in Jeddah Governorate under the slogan “Together for safe and attractive schools”, with the wide participation of specialists and those interested in the field of school safety and security.
The forum, which lasted for two days, witnessed the presence of more than 10 thousand students from Jeddah education schools, in addition to a large number of community members, during which they were briefed on the most prominent programs and initiatives that enhance the culture of school security, and contribute to raising the level of awareness of safety requirements within the educational environment.

Promoting school safety

It included six scientific sessions and seven working papers presented by a group of security and safety specialists, and included 24 internal corners, along with an educational art gallery that focused on raising awareness of the methods of prevention and preserving the school environment.
The forum also included an external exhibition that reviewed the mechanisms of civil defense, the platforms of the National Meteorological Center, and a safe model for a school bus.

Engineer Wissam Bin Azzam Habis, Assistant Director General of Jeddah Services Education, stressed that the forum achieved remarkable success through dialogue sessions and enrichment work papers that dealt with ways to develop security and safety systems in educational facilities, praising the diversity of experiences offered and the integration of efforts between government, private and voluntary agencies.
The forum is an active cognitive platform for exchanging experiences between the concerned authorities, reviewing the leading experiences in promoting school safety, and reaching innovative solutions that can be applied, within the framework of the General Administration of Education in Jeddah to achieve the targets of the Kingdom’s 2030 vision towards a safe, attractive, and sustainable educational environment.