Local students and teachers will receive first-aid training next summer so they can react to accidents on campus, officials with the Shanghai Minor Protection Office said yesterday.

　　The office announced a series of measures it will take this year, including installing alarm systems in elementary school classrooms, ensuring all campus security guards are properly trained and conducting regular inspections on shuttle buses used by schools for migrant students, to improve campus safety.

　　Primary and secondary school students will receive training at civil-defense bases in suburban Fengxian District and at Sheshan Hill, Songjiang District during the summer vacation. The mandatory course will cover basic first aid as well as how to react in the case of a traffic accident, gas leak, fire or other emergencies.

　　Teachers and campus security guards will also have to take a similar training program, followed by an exam on what they have learned. Those who fail the exam will have to find a new job, officials with the office said.

　　"We have taken great efforts to upgrade campus safety facilities, but school management measures are still open to improvement," said Vice Mayor Yan Junqi, who is also director of the city's minor protection office.

　　The Shanghai Education Commission has allocated 40 million yuan (US$4.8 million) to install emergency buttons in local kindergartens and elementary schools, connecting the campus directly with the city's emergency police hot line.

　　Local boarding schools will also be equipped with infrared-ray monitoring system around the school campus, the commission said.

　　To date, 2,672 local kindergartens and elementary schools, as well as 225 of the city's 322 migrant schools, have installed the alarm system.

　　Campus security has become a hot topic of late due to a rash of high-profile crimes on campus. The most recent event occurred last week, when a thief broke into a local primary school in order to escape from pursuers and held a young student at knifepoint. Police rescued the boy unharmed and caught the assailant.

　　To improve security, some local schools have set up registration systems, requiring students to swipe their ID cards through a machine whenever they enter or leave campus. A short message is sent to the students' parents every time they use the machine.