The Ministry of Education emphasizes the need for early intervention in multiple school safety notifications by the same student, and explores the application of AI in school safety

If the same student has repeated school security incidents, it may be a risk signal that requires early intervention. The Ministry of Education requires colleges and universities not to just treat each school security report as a single incident, but to pay more attention to the risks behind "multiple reports of the same case", identify them early and intervene in a timely manner; in the face of technological developments such as AI, it will also explore the application of technology in school security work to improve campus safety protection and risk response capabilities.

The Ministry of Education has invited about 200 security directors from colleges and universities across the country today and tomorrow for exchanges, hoping to strengthen risk identification, cross-unit coordination and response capabilities.

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Huang Zhihao, section chief of the Special Academic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Education, pointed out that the current campus security work of colleges and universities covers school security incident notification and response, traffic safety, students’ off-campus housing, drug and bullying prevention, fraud prevention and campus environmental safety, etc. As emerging risks and school security incidents continue to change, in addition to implementing independent campus environmental safety inspections and school security reporting mechanisms, schools should also strengthen horizontal contacts with police, fire, health, and social affairs units.

Among them, the Ministry of Education specifically focuses on the common front-line problem of "multiple notifications of the same school security case" and requires schools to further examine the risk signals reflected by repeated school security incidents for the same student based on the handling of individual incidents in the past, and integrate school safety and counseling resources to detect problems early, intervene in a timely manner, and advance school security work from post-processing to prevention.

School security response after the increase in overseas students is also a focus of attention. The Ministry of Education has listed "Responses for inter-unit coordination of foreign student school security incidents" as a practical issue to strengthen cross-unit coordination when schools face related incidents. It also studies front-line practical practices on how to cooperate and integrate resources in campus safety and counseling work.

AI has also begun to enter the discussion of school security work. The Ministry of Education arranged "School Security and Technology: Discussion on the Application of AI in School Security Work" in the hope of using technology in a timely manner to improve campus safety protection and risk response capabilities, but the press release did not propose specific AI application methods.

In addition, school security cannot only be considered from the perspective of school management. The Ministry of Education invited student representatives, lawyers and school security supervisors to discuss "The Balance between School Security Business and Students' Rights and Interests" to allow students' perspectives to enter school security policies and practices and discuss how schools can take into account students' rights and actual needs when maintaining safety.