In Irkutsk region, educational security is being strengthened. For the new school year, 37 schools and other institutions were additionally equipped with video surveillance, and panic button coverage rose to 60 percent. Authorities are also introducing caller ID in phone service and developing a unified access system for schools. Sergey Eroshchenko ordered checks on school security in municipalities and the swift completion of anti terrorist passports.

The Minister of Education of the Irkutsk Region, Viktor Basyuk, noted that as part of preparations for the new school year, an additional 37 educational institutions have been equipped with video surveillance systems, the level of equipping with panic buttons in the Angara region has risen to 60%, telephone lines with automatic caller ID are being installed in schools, and a unified access control regime for educational institutions is being developed.
At the commission meeting, the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Sergei Eroshchenko, instructed that the level of organization of security for educational institutions in municipalities be additionally analyzed. In particular, compliance with the requirements of the anti-terrorism commission to connect all panic buttons to the police security control room. There are no such schools in the city of Irkutsk; in Bratsk, only 20% of schools are connected to the city police department security control room. At the same time, all schools are equipped with panic buttons, for which contracts have been concluded with private security firms for maintenance. The head of the region also instructed the Ministry of Education of the Irkutsk Region, together with municipalities and special services, to complete work in the near future on compiling anti-terrorism passports for educational institutions.
- Active work to protect schools and ensure the safety of our children should not be carried out only by September 1, but throughout the entire year. And all requirements, both of the regional commission and of the federal center, regarding anti-terrorism measures must be fulfilled as soon as possible, - Sergei Eroshchenko emphasized.
Based on materials from the press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region and the Government of the Irkutsk Region