We, the concerned parents of students of SRK Pusat Bandar Puchong 2, would like to bring to the attention of your readers an urgent matter.

On several occasions, especially during co-curriculum days and Saturday classes, students are being told to wait outside the school premises to wait for their transport to pick them up with no security guard nor teachers in attendance

We have on various occasions brought this matter up to the attention of the Parent-Teacher Association only to be informed that this is a long-standing issue that has continually been mentioned at meetings. However, no pro-active action has been taken by the school.

We would like to point out that on Saturday, Oct 31, our children had explicitly been instructed not to wait outside the school premises. However, after attending the extra class, the students were then told to wait outside the school premises.

On that day, many of us parents were horrified to find at least six or seven primary school students of this school waiting for their parents to pick them up outside the school without adult supervision. There were some construction workers nearby.

We fully understand that on Saturdays and evenings of co-curriculum activities, there aren't many staff available. However the least the school can do is to keep the children within the premises of the school where the security guard or a staff could keep an eye on the students.

Under no circumstances should students be allowed to wait for their transport outside the school premises, exposing them to various dangers. Keeping students within the premises would be a deterrent for outsiders with unscrupulous motives who would want easy access to our children.

We strongly feel that the school should be made fully aware that the safety and security of the children under their stewardship is of primary importance. Further more, after the tragedy of the school children at the camp in Kampar, Perak, is it obligatory for all concerned parties to realise that the safety and security of our children should not be taken for granted.

As such it is incumbent on the Education Ministry to have standard operating procedures for essential issues such as ensuring the safety and security of the students whilst in school or while attending various related activities.