Safety is most important
On April 26th, 2023, a conference was held at the Silesian University of Technology - SAFETY IS MOST IMPORTANT - EDUCATION PL. It was attended by, among others, directors of schools from the Silesian Voivodeship and representatives of the Board of Education. The meeting was devoted to safety in schools in the context of terrorist threats.
The main speaker was an expert from the Terrorist Prevention Centre of the Internal Security Agency, who conducted a training in the field of building information security policy and anti-terrorist prevention.
- We all want this to be a distant topic, but for this to happen, we need to be prepared, i.e. we need to be vigilant and, above all, aware, know the risks and know what to do in a difficult situation - said Prof. dr hab. Eng. Bogusław Łazarz, Vice-Rector for General Affairs of the Silesian University of Technology. - One of the university's missions is also cooperation with the socio-economic environment, co-organization of this important meeting is part of the implementation of this mission - he added.
The purpose of the meeting, which is part of a series of similar events, is to raise awareness among representatives of Polish education about terrorist threats.
- Each educational unit is a community consisting of several hundred or even more people, so controlling such a group of people in a crisis situation is not easy. It is also about those few precious seconds that can decide whether a dangerous event will happen or not, we must be sensitive to recognize certain situations before they become potentially dangerous - explained Dr Małgorzata Borysławska, director of Academic Secondary Comprehensive School in Gliwice.
Participants had the opportunity to gain knowledge on best practices and recommended behaviour in case of a terrorist threat. The event was organized by the Centre for Terrorism Prevention of the Internal Security Agency in Warsaw and the Centre for Studies and Education for Security of the University of Wrocław in cooperation with the Board of Education in Katowice and the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.
