Creating a Safe & Healthy Learning Environment: Preventive FM Every School Must Prioritise

Why Facility Maintenance Shapes Learning Outcomes

Parents expectation of safe campuses, is one of the basic requirements from the school. This added with students getting a healthy and hygienic space to learn makes the Integrated facility management company’s KRA well defined. The teaching staff also need clean rooms to organise their thoughts and have the curriculum follow its path. But it is often seen the School admin staff is usually reactive, not Audit driven and definite learning curve from Post – incident is missing.

1) Safety Systems — Checked Before They Fail

Schools via their Facility Management company must routinely inspect: CCTV functioning, PA systems, Fire Sprinklers and sprinklers, Playground equipment and Lab installations. Failure at any of these place can lead to catastrophic risks.

Enviro runs structured audits that ensure zero surprises during inspections.

2) Hygiene & Sanitization for Disease Control

Schools are germ hotspots as one outbreak affects attendance instantly, and by the time the time identification of anytime happens, it’s already too late. To mitigate such occurrences, An Facility management company must undertake 

a.) Washroom deep cleaning

b.) Hand hygiene provisions

c.) Water tank disinfection

d.) Regular fumigation

e.) AC vent cleaning for air hygiene

Cleaner environment leads to fewer sick leaves, which in turn leads to better academic focus.

3) Water & Food Safety = Trust

Being a parent myself, and sending a water bottle everyday, I worry what happens, once the home water is over. The children will obviously drink and fill up from the common water dispenser. When was the tank cleaned last, as rarely a cleaning schedule is seen on drinking star dispensers. Then, the food they eat, the cleaning thereafter (hands & desk). For bigger children, the cafeteria contamination like uncleaned plates & tables.

Routine checks on kitchen hygiene SOPs are being followed or not, the detergent that is being used.  

4) Classroom Assets Also Need Care

Furniture, wiring, projectors, fans bear the brunt of everyday use by multiple students and everything wears out with constant use.

Preventive asset management is the solution to increase the longevity of all machines. This leads to;

1. Lowering the replacement cost

2. Ensures uninterrupted learning

3. Maintains dignity of the classroom environment

5) Outdoor Spaces Aren’t “Less Important”

Playgrounds and sports facilities shape childhood development. The frequency of breakdown is also higher here and reporting of any protruded part comes very late.

And these carry injury risks if unchecked regularly. The facility team should routinely, preferably scheduling a specific day every week undertake the following-Check if any flooring is cracked, Weak goal posts & basketball hoops, Splintered wickets, bats, hockey sticks and such…

No bushes or thickets in the surrounding, basically a Routine inspections will lead to safe, enjoyable activity.

6) Using Technology for Full Transparency

Digitized FM logs help admin teams track:

a.) Task completion

b.) Issue resolution

c.) Contractor performance

d.) Inventory usage

These steps will not only reduce complaints but also great for board approvals and audits.

Enviro’s school FM operations provide real-time visibility to management.Great schools care for their infrastructure like they care for students. Its start with Preventive FM ensuring a heightened Compliance confidence, Overall student wellbeing, School reputation is always high with hindering teaching operations.