THE QUEZON City government on Saturday announced stricter security measures will be implemented in all public learning institutions in the city.

This came after a student stabbed his classmate inside Culiat High School last week.

“While we consider this an isolated case, the incident underscored the need to come up with additional security interventions in our public learning institutions,” City Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a statement.

“Kailangan nating paigtingin ang seguridad sa ating mga paaralan upang hindi na maulit pa ang insidente na nangyari sa Culiat High School,” she added.

The city government earlier conducted a consultative meeting with Quezon City Police District, Social Services and Development Department, Schools Division Office, Education Affairs Unit, Office of the Assistant City Administrator for Operations, QC Public School Teachers Association, QC Parent-Teachers Association, Northcom Security and Investigation Agency and barangay officials following the incident.

To safeguard students from such incident, random security checks will be conducted in schools.

Additional CCTV cameras in schools, values formation programs, and hiring of additional guidance counselors for public schools were also among the several preemptive measures to be implemented.

For its part, Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety pledged to ensure public schools have existing contingency and crisis management plans that are being properly and regularly observed.

Belmonte, meanwhile, ordered barangays to propose and fund programs for out-of-school youth as most cases involved children in conflict with the law in the city are committed by OSY.

“Based on data submitted by the QCPD, most cases involving CICL last year were rape and theft,” the city government said.

“The report also indicated 87.5 percent of the crimes were committed by CICLs in the age bracket of 15 to 17 years old,” it added.