Ministry urges school safety after fatal van crash (3)

On Dec. 14, 23 school children and a villager were injured in a knife attack in central China's Henan Province.

On Dec. 19, a female junior high school student in northwest China's Shaanxi Province was kidnapped outside a campus and raped by different men.

The ministry called for more cooperation with relevant organs, such as the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport, to scrutinize roads and forbid disqualified vehicles to carry students.

The ministry stressed the need to increase the number of guards at schools and that they should be better trained.

Also, schools should stop burning coals for heat in order to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning and children should be kept away from iced lakes.

Safety training for students should be carried out in accordance with local conditions, especially during the Spring Festival holiday when people like to skate and light fireworks, the ministry said.

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