Campuses increasing security for semester

Districts conduct training and hire thousands of additional staff

SHANGHAI - With the start of a new semester, the city's education departments are working to improve security in local schools and kindergartens.

The city's Yangpu district, which has the largest number of schools in the city, announced this week that it will integrate resources and allocate nearly 1,000 professional security personnel to its 188 middle and primary schools and 202 kindergartens this year.